The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines after what he called government “overreach” under President Joe Biden.

Biden’s Department of Transportation has gone after ‘junk fees’ and aimed to make refunds for flight cancellations easier. Airlines may now be expecting a reversal. It’s not just Silicon Valley billionaires who are eager to usher in a second Trump administration.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said the last four years were marked by governmental "overreach." The Buttigieg-led DOT has added new rules aimed at protecting consumers, and Delta is under investigation for its handling of the CrowdStrike outage this summer that stranded thousands of customers.

The Biden administration is on its way out of power, but that's not ending the arguments between the administration and airlines that think they are being over-regulated.

Delta CEO Ed Bastion has welcomed the incoming Donald Trump administration as a “breath of fresh air” in anticipation that regulations will be relaxed.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg snapped back Thursday at criticism from airline executives who say the Biden administration overregulated them, pointing out that some of those airlines are making large profits despite new passenger-protection rules.

The airline industry has opposed many consumer-protections written by the Biden administration, and hopes Trumps administration will be more pro-business.