The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has begun lobbying the current US administration. This has included pleas to reverse the regulatory decisions the Department of Transportation (DOT) implemented during the Barack Obama and Joe Biden administrations.

Regulatory overreach

 In a filing that the DOT published on February 11, IATA addressed Sean Duffy, the Secretary of Transportation, firstly congratulating Duffy on his confirmation as the head of the DOT. According to IATA, during US President Donald Trump’s first administration, the government was “strongly committed” to the spirit of the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) of 1978, endorsing free market principles.

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