Trump’s Vanity Airport Name Change Plunges Travelers Into Chaos

Photo Illustration by Eric Faison/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters President Donald Trump’s obsession with naming things after himself is causing chaos.

Palm Beach International Airport in South Florida has had its name since 1948, but its branding has now been erased and its name changed to President Donald J.

Trump International Airport.

The switch—the first ever where an airport has adopted the name of a sitting president—has been accepted by the aviation world, but the transition has not been easy.

It has led to pandemonium for everyday folk using it, The New York Times reported, who have had to contend with updated flight plans and last-minute code changes.

Aviation groups told the newspaper that such a move is highly unusual, but not as unusual as changing the code from PBI to DJT.

To give the aviation industry time to make the changes, the transition has happened in phases.

However, the process has confused passengers who used the airport during that time, causing confusion for a month because of the difference between the airport name and the code.

According to the Times, some people received notifications from travel agents and airlines that their flight itineraries had changed.

As of Tuesday, no flights could be booked to PBI—they could on Monday.

The Daily Beast confirmed that people looking to fly to Florida on Tuesday had to search for President Donald J.

Trump International (DJT), although some booking sites were still bracketing PBI after the new name to help passengers connect the two.

“Assigned three-letter location identifiers are considered permanent and are almost never changed—and then only with strong justification, primarily concerning air safety,” an International Air Transport Association handout said.

The FAA said naming decisions are made at a local level, with the rebrand signed into law by Florida Gov.