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The slot conversion provision ensures that service to small and medium hub airports within the perimeter would not be affected. There is no restriction, however, on converting a flight that currently serves a large hub airport within the…
Yes, the Wright amendment of 1979 was a Federal law restricting flights at Dallas' Love Field Airport. It originally limited most nonstop flights from Love Field to destinations within Texas and neighboring States. In 2006, Congress passed…
In 1962, Dulles only served approximately 52,000 passengers. Today, however, Dulles is thriving. In 2009, the airport served approximately 23 million passengers. According to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, "Dulles has…
There are only a dozen nonstop flights between Ronald Reagan National Airport and the entire western United States. To put that number in perspective, that is 12 beyond the perimeter flights at DCA out of approximately 400 flights daily…
The amendment does not reduce the number of flights between DCA and small cities within the 1,250-mile perimeter; it does not affect the slot regulations at DCA; it does not increase the number of allowable flight operations at the…
The amendment allows any carrier which currently has slots at DCA to convert flights now serving large hub airports inside the perimeter into flights serving any airport outside the perimeter. This would mean that more passengers…
A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas in the investigation of Nevada Senator John Ensign, who's accused of helping find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistress.
I think there is nothing more important that we could do than to make sure we move forward on a national broadband plan.
I believe that this would reverse the successful deregulation that has helped lead to explosive growth in the broadband age that we have seen over the last several years.
I think that a lot of Americans feel that if there is one death, you all should do a recall.
I'm incredibly proud of this agency. In 2005, there was 43,510 deaths. In 2008, that went down to 37,261.