Regulatory Alert: Reminder: AAAE Urges Airports to Share Regulatory Reform Priorities with DOT
Reminder: AAAE Urges Airports to Share Regulatory Reform Priorities with DOT
May 2, 2025
As a reminder, AAAE is urging our airport members to submit comments in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) recent “request for information” (RFI) seeking feedback from industry stakeholders on identifying regulations, guidance, paperwork requirements, and any other regulatory obligations that should be modified or repealed. The RFI is intended to help DOT and its operating administrations, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), with developing its deregulatory agenda and is a major step toward implementing two executive orders issued by President Trump that are focused on deregulation. We view this RFI as an important and unique opportunity for airports to highlight to DOT, FAA, and the administration a unified message of the importance of regulatory relief and to advocate for specific changes that will lessen the regulatory burden on airport sponsors.
AAAE has prepared a comment letter template for airport sponsors to use to file comments in response to the RFI and share feedback with DOT and FAA. The letter template includes highlighted areas where members can share specific examples or experiences and amplify the priorities and recommendations that AAAE developed through its “Commonsense Recommendations for Regulatory Reform.” As we have previously highlighted, AAAE shared our recommendations with DOT and FAA leadership in late March, focusing on reducing FAA overregulation of airport capital projects, streamlining review and approval processes, making meaningful reforms to the NEPA review process, and reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens. Even if you do not have specific examples to plug into the template, we urge you to file a response echoing the main points outlined in the draft AAAE response. Gaining critical mass with airport responses will be important in communicating to DOT, FAA, and the administration the importance of these changes and to bolster AAAE’s recommendations.
The deadline for airport sponsors to submit feedback is Monday, May 5. The department has provided two primary options for filing comments: (a) submit comments through regulations.gov using a docket ID number of DOT-OST-2025-0026, or (b) send an email to transportation.regulatoryinfo@dot.gov. Please reach out to Justin Barkowski if you have any questions or would like assistance in developing a response to the RFI.
Additional Resources on Regulatory Reform Initiatives
May 2, 2025
As a reminder, AAAE is urging our airport members to submit comments in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) recent “request for information” (RFI) seeking feedback from industry stakeholders on identifying regulations, guidance, paperwork requirements, and any other regulatory obligations that should be modified or repealed. The RFI is intended to help DOT and its operating administrations, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), with developing its deregulatory agenda and is a major step toward implementing two executive orders issued by President Trump that are focused on deregulation. We view this RFI as an important and unique opportunity for airports to highlight to DOT, FAA, and the administration a unified message of the importance of regulatory relief and to advocate for specific changes that will lessen the regulatory burden on airport sponsors.
AAAE has prepared a comment letter template for airport sponsors to use to file comments in response to the RFI and share feedback with DOT and FAA. The letter template includes highlighted areas where members can share specific examples or experiences and amplify the priorities and recommendations that AAAE developed through its “Commonsense Recommendations for Regulatory Reform.” As we have previously highlighted, AAAE shared our recommendations with DOT and FAA leadership in late March, focusing on reducing FAA overregulation of airport capital projects, streamlining review and approval processes, making meaningful reforms to the NEPA review process, and reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens. Even if you do not have specific examples to plug into the template, we urge you to file a response echoing the main points outlined in the draft AAAE response. Gaining critical mass with airport responses will be important in communicating to DOT, FAA, and the administration the importance of these changes and to bolster AAAE’s recommendations.
The deadline for airport sponsors to submit feedback is Monday, May 5. The department has provided two primary options for filing comments: (a) submit comments through regulations.gov using a docket ID number of DOT-OST-2025-0026, or (b) send an email to transportation.regulatoryinfo@dot.gov. Please reach out to Justin Barkowski if you have any questions or would like assistance in developing a response to the RFI.
Additional Resources on Regulatory Reform Initiatives
- AAAE’s Comment Letter Template for Airport Sponsors to Respond to DOT RFI
- AAAE’s April 16 Regulatory Alert on Urging Airports to Share Regulatory Reform Priorities
- AAAE’s April 3 Regulatory Alert on DOT's RFI on Deregulatory Initiatives
- DOT’s April 3 Request for Information on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Costs
- AAAE’s April 2 Webinar on DOT/FAA Regulatory Reform Recommendations (Webinar Recording and Slide Deck)
- AAAE’s “Commonsense Recommendations for Regulatory Reform” (March 2025)
- AAAE’s March 24 Regulatory Alert on DOT/FAA Regulatory Reform Recommendations
- AAAE’s February 20 Regulatory Alert on Executive Order Directing Agencies to Identify Regulations for Repeal or Modification
- AAAE’s February 3 Regulatory Alert on Executive Order Directing Agencies to Take Deregulatory Action
