The FAA announced Sunday evening it would lift the agency’s flight reduction emergency order on Monday at 6 a.m., clearing the way for a return to standard operations across the National Airspace System. According to the FAA, the decision follows internal safety reviews that tracked improving trends in controller availability since the end of the federal government shutdown. Officials said the data now reflects conditions seen before the work stoppage.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement that the move will allow the FAA and the National Airspace System to resume normal operations.

“Now we can refocus our efforts on surging controller hiring and building the brand new, state of the art air traffic control system the American people deserve,” Duffy said.

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