Washington DC's Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is the most convenient gateway to the US capital, only a quick metro ride away from downtown DC.
Here are the airlines, cities getting DCA's 5 new long-distance flights
16.10.2024 - 23:25 / thepointsguy.com
Five new long-distance domestic flights are coming to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
After months of public and behind-the-scenes jockeying among airlines and lawmakers, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced tentative approval for the airlines — and cities — awarded these highly-coveted flight rights.
A DOT spokesperson on Wednesday confirmed to TPG the new routes airlines that are tentatively approved to soon launch.
Those include:
Airlines badly wanted these new routes. Reagan is easily the closest and most convenient airport to downtown Washington, just a short Metro or car ride away from the city center and key landmarks.
However, for decades, the U.S. Department of Transportation has closely guarded DCA's limited space.
DOT rules technically prohibit airlines from flying routes from Reagan to destinations beyond 1,250 statute miles.
However, over the years, Congress has authorized dozens of exceptions to these rules in the form of so-called "beyond perimeter exemptions."
Each exception allows an airline to fly a specific DOT-approved route by way of a "slot pair" handed down by the agency. One "slot pair" includes one takeoff and one landing — in other words, a single round trip beyond the 1,250-mile perimeter.
Through the years, exemptions to the DCA perimeter rules have allowed a handful of airlines to establish transcontinental routes from Reagan to the West Coast by way of cities like Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Denver — among others.
In May, Congress directed the DOT to hand out five additional slot pairs, in a controversial decision that came "over the strong opposition" of the airport's governing body.
Along with lawmakers in the region, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has criticized Congressional decisions to add flights to already congested airspace at Reagan — and pointed to the comparably larger Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) as better suited for growth.
The total number of seats on domestic flights out of Reagan is set to rise nearly 19% in 2024 versus 2014, a decade ago, according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium.
Domestic seats out of Dulles were set to rise by just over 10%.
Read more: What are airport slots, and how do they affect your flights?
Nonetheless, the move sent airlines clamoring for potential new routes from Reagan to cities beyond the perimeter.
The DOT outlined highly specific criteria in late June that governed which airlines and routes might be eligible, with promises to base decisions on promoting competition and serving the public with the best connectivity to underserved
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