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Southwest to connect BWI with Florida panhandle

Southwest Airlines has announced plans to serve Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Service is slated to begin May 6 with one daily nonstop between the two airports. Southwest also plans to inaugurate service to Destin-Fort Walton...

Local airports to offer COVID tests starting in March

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has announced plans to offer COVID-19 testing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. The initiative is being undertaken in coordination with the health/wellness firm XpresCheck. “Aimed at helping airline passengers who...

Reagan National expansion effort takes step forward

Another milestone in the expansion of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport occurred recently, when the final jetbridge for the new 14-gate concourse arrived for installation. For the last several months, crews at Reagan National have been assembling and attaching jetbridges,...

Way back when, Reagan National was among busiest airports in world

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in 2019 was the 26th busiest airport in the nation and the 117th busiest worldwide, reporting a pre-COVID-era count of 24.8 million passengers. The world has changed: In 1961, the airport (then plain old “National”)...

American Express bringing new lounge to Reagan National in 2022

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has inked an agreement with American Express to construct and open a Centurion Lounge at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The 11,500-square-foot facility is expected to open by the end of 2022, following the completion...

Passenger counts remain soft at Dulles, National

A year filled with turbulence ended on a challenging note for Northern Virginia’s two major airports, with passenger counts in December off by two-thirds at one and four-fifths at the other when compared to a year before. And for the...

Arlington board OKs residential-parking-permit revamp

It took three years and, in the end, left very few in the public completely satisfied. But on Feb. 20, Arlington County Board members adopted changes to how new residential-parking districts are set up and how the system is...
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New School Board member receives liaison assignments

New Arlington School Board member Bethany Sutton has her assignments. School Board members on Feb. 2 are expected to approve...
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