Maryland, Virginia senators blast move to add long-distance flights at Reagan airport

A quartet of senators from the greater Washington, D.C., area tore into a potential provision that would add a number of long-distance flight slots at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) as part of the upcoming reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 

Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) panned the plan released by congressional negotiators early Monday that would add 10 slots at DCA, or five round-trip flights...