More than 100 members of the House of Representatives are leaning on federal regulators to allow what will be the world’s largest airline to keep all its positions at Washington Reagan National Airport.
Jul 08, 2012
Airplane Gets Stuck on Soft Tarmac Caused By Heat
These remarkably high temperatures have been troubling the transportation infrastructure.
Jan 16, 2009
It’s Us Vs. Canada Geese
We warned of it two years ago — Canada geese would eventually be the death of us. OK, so no one actually died in yesterday’s frightening emergency water landing of a U.S. Airways flight in New York City. But still. Those bastard geese once again proved where their allegiances are — and it’s not with us. The District has long had its qualms with Canada geese, a species whose tendency to eat local grasses and…
Sep 12, 2004
Bankruptcy Redux
DCist feels bad for our friends who are from the Carolinas, or anyone for that matter who depend on US Airways to fly home to see friends and family. US Airways has filed for bankruptcy for a second time, casting doubts on the abilities of the airline, that counts D.C.’s Reagan National Airport as a hub, to get out of the red and into the black. Reuters is reporting that the nation’s No. 7 airline…