Support on Capitol Hill is growing to increase the number of long-distance flights at Reagan_Airport. .SenatorWarnock and SenLummis are teaming up to introduce a bill that would permit more airlines to offer more routes out of DCA.
Sens. Raphael Warnock and Cynthia Lummis are teaming up to introduce a bill that would permit more airlines to offer more routes where currently federal rules allow only a handful of flights to operate beyond a 1,250-mile perimeter.The bill in the Senate is similar to one Reps. Burgess Owens and Hank Johnson introduced earlier this month that would allow airlines to offer more long-distance service out of Reagan and 28 more flights daily.
The legislation comes as lawmakers are currently tackling legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration and aviation safety and infrastructure programs for the next five years. There are expected to be fights on everything from the modernization of the FAA to certifying new aircraft. Sen. Ted Cruz , the ranking member of the Commerce Committee, also threw his support behind the new legislation to extend the perimeter rule.
As the House marked up the FAA reauthorization bill on Tuesday, a group of 10 members of the House, led by Owens and Johnson, led a press conference in front of the Capitol to urge changes to the rule. Flanked by business leaders and several representatives from Delta Air Lines, members spoke about their push to modernize the DCA perimeter rule.
The Coalition to Protect America’s Regional Airports, which includes members like United Airlines, which has a hub at Dulles, and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority continue to argue that the main runway at DCA is the busiest in the nation and does not have the capacity to handle more flights. They point to a recent FAA memo that found “20 more daily roundtrip operations would increase delays by 25.9% and an increase of 25 daily roundtrip operations would increase delays by 33.
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