WASHINGTON — As the federal government reopens after the longest shutdown in U.S. history , the Federal Aviation Administration is freezing flight cuts at 6% because more air traffic controllers are coming back to work.

The Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that flight reductions at 40 major U.S. airports will remain at 6% instead of rising to the planned 10% by Friday.

The agencies took action after Congress moved to pass legislation ending the longest government shutdown in history. Wednesday night, President Donald Trump signed the government funding bill into law, ending the countrywide closure.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy previously said that flight reductions would remain in place until the data showed it was safe t

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