Federal authorities and the airline industry are warning that it will take at least several days to restore pre-shutdown numbers of flights and reduce flight delays, even if the U.S. House of Representatives, as expected, approved new government funding on Wednesday.

The U.S. Senate passed a funding extension on Monday [see separate story in some editions or at qchron.com ].

JetBlue, with its headquarters in Long Island City, and Delta, a major carrier at both JFK and LaGuardia airports, said they were continuing to implement higher levels of cancellations mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration that have been escalating rapidly since last Friday.

Both JFK and LaGuardia are among the 40 airports in the nation under mandatory fight reduction orders.

“All FAA directed flight canc

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