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American Airlines is giving employees talking points to explain West Palm Beach airport’s Trump rename, pointing to Florida law and IATA guidance. Gate screens already display the presidential name, while the airport code officially changes from PBI to DJT on August 18.
American Airlines now labels West Palm Beach “Pres DJT” on gate screens, departing from its usual practice of naming airports only when distinguishing between multiple airports serving one city. Clinton and Ford airports receive no such treatment.
Palm Beach airport has officially been renamed for President Trump, with its code changing from PBI to DJT by the FAA (but not by IATA until next month). Airline systems are updating unevenly, leaving passengers seeing both codes during the transition – or still just PBI.
A front desk agent at the Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles was arrested for allegedly pocketing guest cash payments, voiding the transactions, and paying the bills himself by credit card to earn points. The hotel’s claimed loss is just over $3,100 in card fees, but the scheme ran through more than $100,000 in cash charges — and the case includes an awkward immigration hold.
Spirit Airlines offered taxpayers 80% of the company in exchange for a $500 million bailout. Trump wanted 90% and that extra demand may have helped kill the deal, leaving creditors to conclude they were better off liquidating the airline than giving the government nearly everything.
Palm Beach County and the Trump Organization have reached an agreement on the use of Donald Trump’s name to rename Palm Beach International airport for the President. They will vote on it on Tuesday.
The State Department is preparing a limited-run U.S. passport variant with Donald Trump’s portrait and gold signature inside, tied to America’s 250th birthday. It appears to be available through the Washington Passport Agency around July 4.
President Trump is now openly floating a federal rescue of Spirit Airlines, saying “I think we just buy” the carrier even as his administration still has no clear legal path to make that happen. Here’s what betting market odds look like on the outcome.
Flight attendants union head Sara Nelson is now urging President Trump to throw Spirit Airlines a lifeline, a remarkable turn for one of organized labor’s most prominent progressive voices. Her appeal doubles as an argument that the Biden administration’s antitrust decision helped push Spirit to the brink, even as the bailout now being discussed appears to have no real basis in law.
President Trump had not yet decided whether to rescue Spirit Airlines when two of his cabinet secretaries argued the case in front of him, with one side pitching a bailout as a midterm political win and the other warning it would look like a costly rescue of a failing company. The striking part is not just that the White House is weighing a $500 million loan and a potential 90% ownership stake, but that there is still no plausible legal authority for the federal government to do it.
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