U.S. Department of Transportation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
The U.S. DOT is seeking new bids to provide essential air service in Alaska after the shutdown of Ravn Alaska cut off key links to Anchorage.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Delta Air Lines is taking a more unusual approach to network planning, asking customers and employees to vote on its next European leisure destination.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
American Airlines has asked the U.S. Transportation Department for temporary waivers on certain routes to both mainland China and Cuba this winter.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
Aeromexico’s pilots oppose the U.S. Transportation Department’s (DOT) decision not to renew antitrust immunity between Mexico’s flag carrier and Delta.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Spirit Airlines and JetBlue are both eyeing essential air service markets with interest but taking different approaches to add the underserved communities.
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim
New remarks by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy point to the U.S. government turning its focus back to the Moon and the mission to colonize it.
Space Exploration

By Christine Boynton
JetBlue Airways and United Airlines have completed a U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) review of their Blue Sky partnership.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
The FAA rule removes outdated weight limits on light sport aircraft, increases stall speeds and expands the types of aircraft that qualify as light sport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Elevate Jet LLC this month was certified to provide interstate charter transportation using large aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
The U.S. says a forced move from Mexico City International airport to Felipe Ángeles International violates the air service agreement between the two countries.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
A rule regarding MOSAIC that makes sweeping changes to the light sport aircraft, or LSA, segment, has been finalized and signed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Aeromexico and Delta are in the exact same situation as early 2024 when the DOT concluded their antitrust immunity shouldn’t be renewed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
United Airlines has notified DOT it will suspend its sole nonstop scheduled service to Cuba in September amid seasonal fluctuations and tighter restrictions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The U.S. DOT has escalated a long-running dispute with Mexico over alleged violations of the countries’ 2015 open skies agreement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
A long-overdue modernization of the US ATC system is getting off the ground.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
A transfer of Hawaiian Airlines’ international route authorities to new parent company Alaska Air Group has approval from the U.S. Transportation Department.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has filed for U.S. government approval to expand codeshare operations with SkyTeam partners Aeromexico and Air France.
Airlines & Lessors

By Irene Klotz
President Donald Trump is replacing acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro with U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
A spending bill that does not cover the Transportation Department squeezed in $12.5 billion for the agency’s ambitious air traffic control modernization plan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Blue Sky partners JetBlue and United Airlines are firing back at Spirit’s criticism of the alliance.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. House passed the revised Senate version of the budget reconciliation bill, including $12.5 billion in funding for new and upgraded ATC infrastructure.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Both the House and Senate propose a $12.5 billion down payment on DOT Secretary Sean Duffy’s plan to modernize U.S. ATC infrastructure by the end of the decade.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Trump's executive orders mark a key opportunity to establish U.S. leadership in a critical technology with important economic and national security implications.
Advanced Air Mobility