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Aviation Sees Sweeping Changes on Regulatory Front in 2025

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By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

December 1, 2025

In Washington, D.C., 2025 kicked off fast and furious but was headed to the finish line at a near screeching halt. The year brought a multitude of changes on the federal government front, from a turnover in administration to new rules, additional tax incentives, “supercharged” controller hires, and an unprecedented unanimity on air traffic control policy. It also brought a rash of firings, prolonged shutdown, shift against DEI, and quieting on sustainability, at least where the Trump administration has been concerned.

A driver for many of the changes came as the 2024 elections brought in a new administration with Donald Trump returning to the helm as president, as well as with flipped control of the U.S. Senate from the Democratic to the Republican party. With the experience of a previous term as president and the benefit of having a Republican-led Senate, Trump pushed through his cabinet choices at near-record speed.

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