AEW President Tony Khan addresses the travel issues prior to Full Gear 2026
The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) issued a rare nationwide flight ground stop in the United States on Friday due to a communication issue affecting air traffic control. After several hours, it was announced that the ground stop had been lifted.
During the AEW Full Gear 2026 post-show press conference, AEW President Tony Khan addressed the travel issues…
“The whole PPV came off great, and I really appreciate everybody who pulled a lot of strings to make it happen.
For anybody who didn’t hear, I announced earlier today that we utilize private aviation. Yesterday [Friday], all flights were shut down, private and public, and that meant that we were playing by the same rules as everyone, and nobody from AEW was flying yesterday.
But I did start lining things up if and when the travel block did get changed, which happened last night. At that point, we thought about it, and I’m really glad we did. It turned out that a lot of the commercial flights for wrestlers on the pay-per-view did end up getting canceled. Had I not sent the private planes, a lot of people on this pay-per-view would not have made it here tonight.
Some people would have been able to make it on their commercial flights, but sending the three private planes worked really, really well behind this curtain.”