The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a nationwide ground stop Friday evening, hours after a telecommunications outage halted departures at airports across Texas and the rest of the country.
The rare order, which was canceled at 7:19 p.m., affected major airports in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio and elsewhere in the state.
Nearly 1,000 flights had been delayed or canceled at two of Texas’ busiest airports Friday, according to flight tracking service FlightAware. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport reported 287 cancellations and 319 delays, while Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport reported 201 cancellations and 149 delays…