The number of flight reductions at 40 airports throughout the country is expected to remain at only 6% instead of the 10% total that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced last week.

The reason for the shift is due to a larger number of air traffic controllers returning to work than previously expected, the Department of Transportation announced, the Associated Press reported . The change comes as the federal government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, officially ended on Wednesday after President Donald Trump signed the government funding bill into law .

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