The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its emergency order reducing the number of flights at many airports across the U.S., including Boston, allowing air traffic to return to normal on Monday after cuts during the government shutdown .

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford made the announcement Sunday night. Normal operations at airports across the nation resumed at 6 a.m. Monday.

But Jennifer Mehigan, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates Boston Logan International Airport, told The Boston Globe it would take “a few days for airlines to get their crews and aircraft back to a regular schedule.”

Mehigan did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by MassLive Monday morning.

Bedford said the or

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