FAA lifts order slashing flights, allowing commercial airlines to resume their regular schedules

Delta jet taking off.
A Delta airplane sets off from the Hartsfield-Jackson International South terminal on June 4, 2023. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed at Atlanta’s and 39 other major airports during the country’s longest government shutdown.

Airlines can resume their regular flight schedules beginning Monday at 6 a.m. EST, the agency said.

The announcement was made in a joint statement by Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford.