The top union for air traffic controllers is hampering Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s plans to boost hiring by penalizing those who want to work beyond retirement age, The Post has learned. Duffy is offering cash bonuses of up to 20% of annual salaries for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers eligible to retire but younger than the mandatory age of 56 — and hoping to retain even more through

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the agency has saved $9.5 billion in the first 100 days of the Trump admin, while slashing DEI and climate initiatives. He denied letting 400 ATCs go.

Top officials with the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration are set to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where they are expected to be grilled over a series of issues at some of the nation's busiest airports.

Flight delays and cancellations are bound to only get “worse” heading into the summer, members of Congress warned Wednesday — as Federal Aviation Administration officials said it’ll take another year or more to update aging infrastructure and complete recruitment for controllers.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy explained Wednesday that he recently changed his wife’s flight to avoid the embattled Newark Liberty International Airport — but not because of safety issues.

The FAA has been buying parts for its outdated systems on eBay, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has revealed as he admits that the chaos seen at Newark airport will 'happen in other places'

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Sunday that he's "concerned" about the whole airspace of the United States, citing old equipment being used by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The family of a pilot killed in the DCA plane crash said they support a plan to reform the Federal Aviation Administration.

The FAA was set to have a “delay reduction” meeting Wednesday, seeking to cap the total number of flights at the airport.

Wednesday will feature a hearing in the Senate with FAA leadership and another in the House with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

Federal Aviation Administration officials and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy are at separate hearings Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill, as cancellations and delays continue to plague Newark International Airport and impact other airports around the country.