FAA bill adds 5 long-distance flights to Reagan National airport

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization reached between Senate and House negotiators includes the Senate’s language to add five round-trip flights to Ronald Reagan Washington Airport  that would be allowed to fly beyond the airport’s 1,250-mile perimeter.

The language, negotiated by Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Commerce panel’s ranking Republican, was strongly opposed by Virginia and Maryland lawmakers who...