ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Federal Aviation Administration has announced its flight reduction emergency order is to be terminated.
The announcement was made following reviews of safety trends and the decline of staffing-trigger events in air traffic control facilities, according to the FAA. Staffing levels have continued to snap back into place since the end of the government shutdown Wednesday. The termination was effective 2 a.m. AKT Monday.
In addition, the limits on some general aviation operations at 12 airports, commercial space launches and reentries between 10 p.m.–6 a.m. and limits on parachute operations and photo missions near facilities with staffing triggers will also end…