Lawmakers from Virginia and Maryland want to try to stop plans to expand flights at Ronald Reagan National Airport.
Virginia and Maryland lawmakers are waging a last-ditch fight nonetheless to try to keep Congress from approving additional flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. | Scott Barbour/AFP via Getty Imagesof the Capitol’s most parochial recurring feuds — a spat over how many flights can take off and land at Congress’ favorite airport.The D.C.
The major airlines are divided as well. One lobbying group that supports the expansion counts Delta Air Lines as a member, as well as lawmakers from Georgia and Utah, two communities that host Delta hubs. The FAA did not directly address questions about whether the additional flights would harm safety, saying the agency would answer the lawmakers’ concerns directly. But during a hearing in February before a House panel, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said that with roughly a flight a minute at the airport, Reagan National doesn’t have a lot of room for more.
“The FAA is not going to allow anything to happen that isn’t safe,” he said. “If there is a choice between safety and fluidity, we always have to go with safety.” “The time is right to increase flights to utilize these investments. The FAA has successfully added modest capacity at DCA in the past and is capable and prepared to do so again,” Dickson said.
A group called the Capital Access Alliance supports the expansion — it is aligned with Delta Air Lines and the Georgia and Utah lawmakers.
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