18Oct, 24 US carriers jostle for highly sought long-distance slots out of Reagan airport | News
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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively awarded 10 hotly contested slots for long-distance domestic flights out of Ronald Reagan National airport in Washington, DC.
The DOT’s preliminary decisions, revealed in a 16 October regulatory filing, award slots to five US airlines proposing flights to destinations beyond Reagan airport’s 1,086nm (2,012km) perimeter:
The slots are being awarded as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Modernization and Reauthorization Act of 2024, signed into law by US President Joe Biden in May.
The DOT requested …