U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he does not believe a government bailout is necessary for low-cost airlines seeking $2.5 billion in relief over high fuel costs. His comments come as Spirit Airlines’ talks for a separate $500 million federal ...

"They do have access to cash," Duffy said Saturday.

Sean Duffy announced that the airlines United, Delta and Southwest will cap their ticket prices for Spirit customers seeking to rebook.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy spoke at Newark Liberty International Airport following Spirit Airlines’ decision to cease operations. He outlined steps the Department of Transportation

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s son-in-law is running for Congress. Despite being a 26-year-old with scant political experience running to represent a district in rural Wisconsin, he’s attracted massive amounts of financial support from an unlikely source: the transportation industry.

Congress last year awarded $12.5 billion towards modernizing the aging ATC system. More is needed for software updates, said Secretary Sean Duffy.

Air safety improvements and how to fund them were the talk of the event at the American Airlines HQ, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy floated the idea of a fee to cover some of the costs.

"Am I gonna replace a controller and have AI manage the airspace? The answer to that is hell no, that's not gonna happen," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CBS News.