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Duffy, airlines urge US Congress to quickly approve $30 billion for aviation reforms (opens the original)
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ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept 28 (Reuters) - US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, major airlines, aviation unions and other groups on Monday urged Congress to quickly approve another $30 billion for air traffic control towers, software âand digital upgrades as well as improvement of airport facilities. Congress approved $12.5 billion over five years in June 2025 to upgrade the air traffic control system and boost hiring of controllers following longstanding complaints about airport âÂÂconges
US judge dismisses Michigan climate lawsuit against oil companies (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A US judge on Tuesday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit in which Michigan accused four major oil companies of colluding to forestall competition in renewable energy, including electric vehicles, a decision in line with prior rulings in similar cases. US District Judge Jane Beckering in Grand Rapids rejected the lawsuit filed in January by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, against BP, Chevron, Exxon, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute. The jud
FAA sees $100 million cost from tariffs on US air traffic control modernization plan (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said the agency expects about a $100 million cost from tariffs on the government's more than $12.5 billion air traffic control modernization plan. U.S. Representative Rick Larsen, a Washington Democrat who is ranking member of the committee overseeing the FAA, told Reuters that FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford informed lawmakers the $100 million tariff cost was largely due to air traffic radar systems they are p
Trump says he would be OK with China building cars in US (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not oppose Chinese automakers building cars in the United States despite widespread opposition from U.S. lawmakers and car companies. "If China wanted to come in and open a plant to build their cars here, I'd be okay with that," Trump said in an interview on the Fox News program "The Ingraham Angle." "Japan does it, but they hire our people. The big thing is they hire our people," he said. He added that he does not wa
US FAA head meets with airline CEOS on plan to cut flight delays (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Aviation Administration met Thursday with the CEOs of major U.S. passenger airlines on the agency's plan to use advanced software to overhaul flight scheduling to improve flight management. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford met with top executives from American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and others on the agency's plan to begin rolling out the system known as SMART this month. "It's going to be transformati
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