Air travellers faced more frustration at US airports after flight reductions rose to six per cent. Photo: AP PHOTO

Airlines have cancelled 1200 flights as air traffic control staffing improved significantly ahead of an expected end to a record-setting US government shutdown as soon as Wednesday.

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After 2400 cancelled flights and 9600 delayed on Monday, airlines delayed just 1700 on Tuesday, the best performance for the industry in recent days.

Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration instructed airlines to cut four per cent of daily flights starting on Friday, November 7, at 4

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