The Trump Administration has launched a $1 billion program to help make it easier for families to fly with their loved ones free from stress.
On December 8, 2025, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled the “Make Travel Family Friendly Again” campaign, designed to “address a common refrain from the public that it can be challenging to travel as a family”.
The family centric approach will see more dedicated spaces for young children and reconfiguring security checkpoints to create family screening lanes.
The plan also wants to see more healthy and nutritional food options available for families when traveling.
A press release announcing the campaign said: “The Trump Administration is committed to making every stage of the travel journey more seamless.”
The financial incentive for airports to improve families’ experiences in airport terminals includes:
- Creating more children’s play areas or exercise areas
- Adding mothers’ rooms or nursing pods
- Reconfiguring security checkpoints to create family screening lanes
- Building sensory rooms for children with special needs
- Other creative terminal projects that focus on enhancing the family travel journey
“Bringing about a Golden Age in travel has to involve making the family travel experience happier and healthier. Today’s announcement demonstrates the Trump Administration’s commitment to enacting a Family First agenda and improving the lives of the American people,” said Secretary Duffy.
.@SecDuffy: “I’m announcing at DOT that we have $1 billion in funding for grant programs to make the experience better in airports.” pic.twitter.com/5Ef4PB1Cc0
— USDOT Rapid Response (@USDOTRapid) December 8, 2025
In addition to the federal funding the Trump Administration wants to collaborate with airports and private sector partners to improve access to nutritional food options.
“Everyone who passes through an airport in this country should have access to fresh, whole foods,” said US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr “Secretary Duffy and I are working to ensure our airports set the standard for a future where healthy eating is part of daily life—travel days included.”
Secretary Duffy and Secretary Kennedy highlighted healthy vending machine options and encouraged airports across the country to “join this moment and expand their food options”.
