Norfolk Southern flies to Florida the week of the mega-merger application review.

Norfolk Southern flew from Slate River Airpark in Virginia to Witham Field in Florida on June 10, a 1h 31m trip in its Bombardier Challenger 605 (N157NS). The flight arrived late that evening after a stop in the Washington, D.C. area the previous day.

The same week, the Surface Transportation Board accepted Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific's revised merger application as “complete” but paused the formal review, asking for supplemental information by July 27, per a FreightWaves report. Chief Executive Mark George has argued the merger will create a seamless transcontinental railroad, saving shippers billions and cutting transit times to four days coast-to-coast — the same as trucks, he told an industry conference in April.

The Florida visit follows a pattern of shuttle flights between Atlanta, Washington, and the Midwest. In early June, the Challenger flew from Minneapolis to Atlanta, then to Omaha for meetings just days after the STB's conditional acceptance. Norfolk Southern's home base remains Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, but the week's itinerary suggests active lobbying and stakeholder outreach as the regulatory clock ticks toward late July.