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• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Department of Transportation’s 2025 order requiring Delta and Aeromexico to dissolve their joint venture, allowing the partnership to continue and restoring its antitrust immunity amid an unresolved U.S.–Mexico aviation dispute.
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New TSA Administrator David Cummins has ended the agency’s controversial Gold+ program, but the broader push to expand private security screening at U.S. airports remains in place. The decision separates the fate of Gold+ from the administration’s wider approach to airport security privatization.
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The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Department of Transportation’s 2025 order requiring Delta and Aeromexico to dissolve their joint venture, allowing the partnership to continue and restoring its antitrust immunity amid an unresolved U.S.–Mexico aviation dispute.
Ireland’s airport authority is pressing for a higher passenger cap, highlighting a potential constraint on airport capacity and traffic growth. The request puts the country’s aviation infrastructure and regulatory framework at the center of plans to accommodate future demand.
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The White House has issued a new U.S. National Space Transportation Policy, superseding policies released in 2004 and 2013. The update establishes a revised framework for U.S. space transportation and could shape how international partners, launch providers and regulators interpret America’s role in the sector.
A Canadian judge has rejected Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ request for relief from sanctions affecting its Antonov An-124-100. The decision leaves the Russian cargo operator subject to Canada’s sanctions framework and underscores the continuing legal and operational constraints on sanctioned aerospace assets and their operators.
Australia’s competition regulator has authorised Singapore Airlines and ANA’s joint venture covering passenger services between Australia and Japan. The approval remains valid through September 10, 2031, providing both carriers with regulatory certainty for coordinating on this market.
The FAA is seeking industry input as it implements elements of a new space transportation policy, focusing on the development of new spaceports and access to airspace for launch operations. The effort could shape future launch infrastructure planning and coordination between commercial space operators and aviation authorities.
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Delta flight attendants will have to collect airline-provided cups, glasses and other pre-departure service items before aircraft pushback beginning Sept. 1, 2026, under FAA enforcement. Passengers may retain identical drinks brought aboard themselves, provided those items are properly stowed.
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