Five new long-haul flights are being added to Ronald Reagan National Airport. The Transportation Department has tentatively awarded one daily round-trip flight apiece to Alaska Airlines, American, Delta, Southwest and United at Reagan National. Federal rules limit the number of flights longer than 12-hundred 50 miles from the airport. But this year, Congress approved five […]
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DC’s Reagan National to add 5 new long-haul flights
Five new long-haul flights are being added to Ronald Reagan National Airport. The Transportation Department has tentatively awarded one daily round-trip flight apiece to Alaska Airlines, American, Delta, Southwest and United at Reagan National. Federal rules limit the number of flights longer than 12-hundred 50 miles from the airport. But this year, Congress approved five new daily flights at the airport, which is closer to downtown DC than Dulles airport.