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The end of the shutdown means airlines can work to resume normal operations. But there’s still a few hurdles in the way.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday she’s giving $10,000 bonuses to “exemplary” Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents following the end of the government shutdown. “Americans can be proud of TSA workers across the country who continued to serve with excellence throughout the shutdown — many going to great lengths to protect our country, care…

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Thursday that the air travel system “should return to normal by the weekend” after recent chaos caused by the government shutdown. “[Transportation] Secretary [Sean] Duffy did the right thing by getting ahead when they saw that the staffing levels and the controllers were having a difficult time managing…

A Senate subcommittee will hold a hearing next week on how the government shutdown impacted the safety of the country’s air travel system. The hearing, in front of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee’s aviation subcommittee, is set for 2:30 p.m. EST Wednesday. National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Nick Daniels, Airlines for America…

An airline trade group is pushing for a “long-term solution” to protect air travel in a future shutdown, with the recent closure of the government resulting in aviation chaos over the last few weeks. “We implore Congress to ensure future funding bills do not allow aviation to become collateral damage in Washington’s policy debates,” Airlines…

Nearly 1,000 flights were canceled Thursday, as the country reels from the lingering effects of the record-long government shutdown. Flight cancellations totaled 996 at 10 a.m. EST, according to FlightAware’s tracker of flights arriving in, departing from or traveling within the U.S. That already exceeds the 910 cancellations reported Wednesday. On Tuesday, 1,264 flights were…

California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said Wednesday. The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about California and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally….

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus cut a deal with Republicans and helped advance the legislative package. But the shutdown has…

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers had been furloughed or working without pay since the government shut down on Oct. 1. After the White House and Congress finally resolved the record-breaking standoff Wednesday, federal employees are poised to return to work — and should expect to see their back pay hit their bank accounts within…

Even if the government shutdown ends this week, air travel will not instantly revert back to normal. The 43-day funding lapse has thrown the country’s airspace into disarray, as air traffic controllers have missed two consecutive paychecks and are increasingly absent from work, with some taking second jobs. The resulting controller shortages led the Federal…