ATLANTA, Ga. - Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday if the partial government shutdown ends Wednesday, the company’s flights will be “back to normal by the weekend.”

Bastian made the comments on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”

That’s good for fliers out of Augusta Regional Airport, where Delta is the main carrier.

“If shutdown ends today it will be back to normal by the weekend.” When asked again, he said Friday or Saturday.

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He said Delta has had more than 2,000 flight cancellations since the Federal Aviation Administration’s mandate to r

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