Airlines Are Challenging Biden-Era Regulations
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Trump’s Impact on Travel
Read how the first 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s actions and policies are shaping the future of travel, and get insights into the industry's evolving response.One month into the Trump administration, airlines are pressing the federal government to review certain consumer protection regulations from former President Joe Biden’s term.
The International Air Transport Association wrote in a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asking the Department of Transportation to reevaluate several Obama- and Biden-era regulations on passenger protections.
“The first Trump Administration was strongly committed to the letter and spirit of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 and its endorsement of free market principles,” IATA wrote in the letter. “Unfortunately, the Biden Administration parlayed its limited authority to protect air passengers from ‘unfair and deceptive’ practices by airlines into an unprecedented regulatory regime more prescriptive than tha
