Air travelers have been on a wild ride this fall with flight cancellations and staffing shortages related to the U.S. government shutdown, on top of the annual Thanksgiving crush still to come.

Here’s what we know about air travel over the busy holiday period when millions of Americans will head to airports across the country.

Will airline flight schedules be restored to normal by then?

The longest shutdown in U.S. history ended Wednesday night when President Donald Trump signed a bill to reopen the government.

Travel insiders and analysts have said that it could take a week or more for airlines to recover from the recent disruptions.

During the shutdown, some air traffic controllers who were not getting paid did not show up for work. Staffing shortages triggered a Federal Aviation Ad

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