Airlines are optimistic they can resume normal operations just a few days after the government lifts its order to cut some flights at 40 busy airports, but it's not clear how soon that will happen even though the federal shutdown is over.

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Airlines are optimistic they can resume normal operations within a few days once the government lifts its order to cut some flights at 40 busy airports

It's not clear how quickly that will happen even though the government shutdown is over

The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday night that airlines won't have to cut more than 6% of flights at the affected airports because air traffic controller staffing has improved significantly

Originally the order called for flight cuts to increase to 8% Thursday and top out at 10%

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