FAA lifts nationwide flight restrictions after long shutdown

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00:00After weeks of crippled air travel and the worst disruptions the country has ever seen,

00:07the FAA says the sky is finally open. The FAA announced late Sunday it's lifting all

00:13restrictions on commercial flights. The emergency limits put in place at 40 major airports

00:18during the record-long 43-day government shutdown. Airlines went back to full schedule starting this

00:24morning at 6 a.m. Eastern. The FAA and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said air traffic controller

00:31staffing has steadily improved, enough that their safety team now recommends ending the order.

00:36The cuts led to thousands of cancellations, including 2,900 in a single day. Conditions

00:42only eased as more controllers returned to work and Congress moved to end the shutdown. Air traffic

00:47controllers were among the federal workers who worked without pay throughout the impasse.

00:52airlines say they expect operations to steady quickly, just in time for Thanksgiving travel.