After a week and a half of flight cancellations across the Bay Area, the skyways are returning to normal after the Federal Aviation Administration lifted its flight reductions beginning Monday morning.

The flight reductions are being lifted effective at 6 a.m. after the FAA said there's been a steady decline in staffing-trigger events.

Airports across the nation are returning to normal operations after the FAA lifted shutdown-era flight restrictions over the weekend.

Safety is our top priority. No one will board an aircraft until we are fully ready,” the emergency rescue service said.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit is set to appear for sentencing in federal court Monday.

CARIBBEAN SEA - A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), conducts flight operations aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) while underway in the Caribbean Sea,