Nearly 20 million people are projected to travel by air this week as officials brace for what some expect to be the busiest Thanksgiving travel week in 15 years. The Department of Transportation on Mo
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(TestMiles) – The future of electric vehicle adoption shifts now that the $7,500 tax credit is gone; affordable models, tech pivots, and new market dynamics emerge. Why does this matter right now? On September 30, 2025, the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles vanished. No fanfare, no final countdown. For the EV industry, this […]
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The White House has officially pulled a Biden-era proposal that would have mandated airlines pay passengers for significant flight disruptions. According to the Federal Register, the rule was officially withdrawn Monday. The Trump administration argues nixing the rule introduced in December 2024 is consistent with President Trump’s efforts to scrap federal regulations the administration considers […]
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) said flight reductions will be lowered from 6 percent to 3 percent on Saturday as plane operations recover from the longest shutdown in the country’s history. “The decision reflects improvements in air traffic controller staffing levels and a continued decline in staffing-trigger events across the…
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The end of the shutdown means airlines can work to resume normal operations. But there’s still a few hurdles in the way.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday she’s giving $10,000 bonuses to “exemplary” Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents following the end of the government shutdown. “Americans can be proud of TSA workers across the country who continued to serve with excellence throughout the shutdown — many going to great lengths to protect our country, care…
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Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Thursday that the air travel system “should return to normal by the weekend” after recent chaos caused by the government shutdown. “[Transportation] Secretary [Sean] Duffy did the right thing by getting ahead when they saw that the staffing levels and the controllers were having a difficult time managing…
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A Senate subcommittee will hold a hearing next week on how the government shutdown impacted the safety of the country’s air travel system. The hearing, in front of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee’s aviation subcommittee, is set for 2:30 p.m. EST Wednesday. National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Nick Daniels, Airlines for America…
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An airline trade group is pushing for a “long-term solution” to protect air travel in a future shutdown, with the recent closure of the government resulting in aviation chaos over the last few weeks. “We implore Congress to ensure future funding bills do not allow aviation to become collateral damage in Washington’s policy debates,” Airlines…
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Nearly 1,000 flights were canceled Thursday, as the country reels from the lingering effects of the record-long government shutdown. Flight cancellations totaled 996 at 10 a.m. EST, according to FlightAware’s tracker of flights arriving in, departing from or traveling within the U.S. That already exceeds the 910 cancellations reported Wednesday. On Tuesday, 1,264 flights were…