The Federal Aviation Administration will end its flight reduction emergency order on Monday, meaning flights will resume operations as normal, officials announced Sunday.

The emergency order will officially lift Monday at 6 a.m. ET, bringing an end to the reductions that caused mass cancellations and delays at airports.

The cuts, which started with a 4% reduction in flights at 40 major airports on Nov. 7 , were designed to address fatigue and staffing issues among air traffic controllers amid the record-long government shutdown.

It's being rolled back now that staffing levels have "stabilized" with the end of the government shutdown Wednesday, the FAA said.

The decision to lift the order was made following an FAA review of "safety trends" and due to "the steady decline of staffing

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