{"id":1921033,"date":"2023-04-29T00:55:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T04:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-to-add-more-long-haul-flights-into-dc-area-reagan-airport-heats-up\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T01:01:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T05:01:01","slug":"fight-to-add-more-long-haul-flights-into-dc-area-reagan-airport-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-to-add-more-long-haul-flights-into-dc-area-reagan-airport-heats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight to add more long-haul flights into DC-area Reagan airport heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffight-to-add-more-long-haul-flights-into-dc-area-reagan-airport-heats-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1921033&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<h2>A Coalition of Business Groups is Fighting for More Long-Haul Flights at Reagan National Airport<\/h2>\n<p>The coalition, known as Capital Access Alliance, is proposing that lawmakers alter the perimeter requirements at Reagan as part of the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization. The group, which includes Delta Air Lines, is encouraging Congress to increase the number of flights by as many as 25 daily trips. They argue that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturdays-fun-fraud-facts-seven-unexplainable-results-that-reveal-democrats-didnt-even-try-to-hide-their-fraud\/\" title=\"Saturday's Fun Fraud Facts: Seven Unexplainable Results that Reveal Democrats Didn't Even Try to Hide Their Fraud\">large cities<\/a> like San Antonio and San Diego, the nation\u2019s seventh- and eighth-largest cities, respectively, don\u2019t have any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-urges-american-citizens-to-leave-india-as-covid-19-crisis-worsens\/\" title=\"State Department Urges American Citizens To Leave India As COVID-19 Crisis Worsens\">nonstop flights<\/a> from Reagan.<\/p>\n<h3>The Benefits of More Long-Haul Flights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduced ticket prices for passengers<\/li>\n<li>Millions of dollars in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">economic growth<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Additional federal and state revenue<\/li>\n<li>Improved air service reliability at Reagan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The coalition released a study by Boston Consulting Group that found the addition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-british-newspaper-advocates-bringing-back-rationing-to-fight-global-warming\/\" title=\"Major British Newspaper Advocates Bringing Back Rationing to Fight Global Warming\">long-haul flights<\/a> could benefit all airlines equally. However, the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority, which operates Dulles and Reagan, came out against easing perimeter restrictions at Reagan. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-to-add-more-long-haul-flights-into-dc-area-reagan-airport-heats-up\/\" title=\"Fight to add more long-haul flights into DC-area Reagan airport heats up\">joint statement strongly opposing attempts<\/a> to change the perimeter rules, pointing out that lawmakers have already carved out exemptions for a small number of flights to cities like Phoenix, Austin, Seattle, and Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Despite opposition from some lawmakers, advocates for relaxing the perimeter rules believe they are in place to protect big airlines like United and American Airlines, which have a large number of nonstop flights from both airports to the West Coast. \u201cIf you\u2019re opposing changes to the perimeter rule and more flights to and from DCA, you\u2019re effectively opposing hundreds of new jobs and millions of dollars in new tax revenue for the DMV region,\u201d said coalition spokesman Brian Walsh.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers from outside Washington on both sides of the aisle are coming out in support of relaxing the perimeter requirements. Rep. Chip Roy, whose district includes San Antonio, has been fighting for a direct flight to Reagan, arguing that the military presence in the area makes the route necessary. At a recent House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, Rep. Veronica Escobar called for an exemption through the FAA for the perimeter rule, pushing for nonstop flights between El Paso and Reagan.<\/p>\n<p>While there are concerns about traffic and whether the airport has enough space for more passengers, a 2021 report by the Government Accountability Office noted that allowing more long-distance nonstop flights could allow larger aircraft to operate and increase passengers. The report did not take a stance on whether the perimeter rule should stay in place.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the coalition believes that expanding the number of long-distance flights at Reagan could have significant benefits for passengers, airlines, and the local economy. \u201cWhy lawmakers would take the position to protect a single big airline from competition is hard to understand,\u201d said Walsh. \u201cBut hopefully they will reconsider their opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of business groups working to expand the number of long-haul domestic flights into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is rejecting claims from key lawmakers in Virginia and the airports, who are opposed to increasing long-distance service. The group, Capital Access Alliance, is proposing that lawmakers alter the perimeter requirements at Reagan as part<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1921034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[11118,6283,25388,4004,11127,14579,25387,5634],"class_list":["post-1921033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-add","tag-airport","tag-dc-area","tag-fight","tag-flights","tag-heats","tag-long-haul","tag-reagan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1921033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1921034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1921033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1921033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1921033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}