Airlines Group Commends Trump’s Megabill for Funding Aviation Infrastructure Modernization

The law allocates funds for upgrading telecommunications infrastructure and replacing radar systems.

An American Airlines Airbus A319 takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 11, 2023. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Airlines for America, a trade association of leading U.S. airlines, commended President Donald Trump for signing into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that contains a $12.5 billion provision to modernize the country’s air traffic control (ATC) systems, the group said in a July 4 statement.

The bill, signed by Trump on Independence Day, sets aside roughly $12.5 billion for “acquisition, construction, sustainment, and improvement of facilities and equipment necessary to improve or maintain aviation safety.”