AAAE Staff

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing titled “Connecting Rural America to the National Airspace System” to examine the value of rural commercial air service and the challenges communities face in maintaining and expanding connectivity.

The House Appropriations Committee early this morning approved its version of the Fiscal Year 2027 transportation spending bill on a party-line vote of 34 to 27.

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies recently approved a fiscal year 2027 transportation spending bill that includes $4 billion for AIP and funding for other airport priorities.

After a marathon session, the House T&I Committee early this morning approved a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill that proposes to restore and extend the airport TIFIA program, which expired on September 30, 2025.

DOT Secretary Sean Duffy was on back on Capitol Hill again this afternoon where he discussed the administration’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request.

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies this morning approved its version of the FY27 transportation spending bill on a party-line vote of 9 to 7.

The House Appropriations Committee today unveiled its FY27 transportation spending bill, and the measure proposes $4 billion for the traditional AIP account and about $271 million in supplemental AIP funding.

During a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation today, DOT Secretary Sean Duffy defended the administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, discussed air traffic control modernization, and tangled with Democrats over his involvement in the “Great American Road Trip,” a YouTube series sponsored by various companies.

The FAA today announced that it is moving forward with a pilot program aimed at transitioning a limited number of high-activity contract towers to FAA-staffed towers.

The FAA released a list of airport projects that will receive a share of $970 million in FY26 discretionary grants under the Airport Terminal Program, which was created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.