Flights in the United States are set to return to normal after the country’s aviation authority announced an end to restrictions introduced during the government shutdown.

Airlines will be able to return to their normal flight schedules from 6am Eastern Time (11:00 GMT) on Monday after the lifting of the emergency flight reduction order, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Sunday.

The lifting of the order follows detailed reviews of “safety trends and the steady decline of staffing-trigger events in air traffic control facilities,” the FAA said.

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