Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that the nationwide air travel disruption triggered by the FAA’s ground stop should be largely resolved no later than Monday.
Duffy said airlines were making steady progress as they worked to reposition aircraft, reunite crews with their flights and clear the backlog created by Friday’s system failure. He predicted that the ripple effects would ease by “the end of today, end of tomorrow.”
“As we look to the end of the day and into tomorrow, we should be running at full capacity,” Duffy said during an appearance on “Face the Nation.”
The travel crisis began Friday when an FAA system malfunction prompted a nationwide ground stop. Hundreds of thousands of passengers were left stranded as airlines dealt with a wave of cancellations, delays and disrupted schedules.
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Although the ground stop has been lifted, airlines have continued working to move planes and crews into position, meaning delays persisted across the country. Duffy said the recovery was progressing and that “we’re well on our way” to restoring normal operations.
The disruption forced more than 3,500 aircraft to land safely Friday and led to thousands of flight cancellations and delays nationwide.
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