Air travel - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:50:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Air travel - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Is This $99 Flash Sale to Europe Too Good to Be True? https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/10/30/is-this-99-flash-sale-to-europe-too-good-to-be-true/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-this-99-flash-sale-to-europe-too-good-to-be-true https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/10/30/is-this-99-flash-sale-to-europe-too-good-to-be-true/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:00:29 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1659629 Does the idea of a jaunt to Europe this winter—when there are fewer tourists and lower prices—sound good? If so, the Icelandic airline Play is offering one-way tickets to major cities across Europe for $99, a deal that may be worth a look. The flash sale began today and runs through November 3. The deal […]

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Sadly, Dulles Is the Most Expensive Airport for Domestic Travel https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/06/02/dulles-ranks-most-expensive-airport-for-domestic-travel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dulles-ranks-most-expensive-airport-for-domestic-travel Fri, 02 Jun 2023 15:49:08 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1640319 Here’s some bad news for local travelers: Dulles was named the most expensive American airport to fly out of. Using Department of Transportation data, financial advice website FinanceBuzz found that domestic flights out of Dulles cost travelers an average of $494.78, which is the most expensive in the country. And we thought taking the Silver […]

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A Budget Airline Now Offers Nonstop Flights From Dulles Airport to Iceland https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/04/26/a-budget-airline-now-offers-nonstop-flights-from-dulles-airport-to-iceland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-budget-airline-now-offers-nonstop-flights-from-dulles-airport-to-iceland Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:45:46 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1634432 There’s a new low-cost option for direct flights from Dulles International Airport to Iceland. Starting on Wednesday, April 26, discount Icelandic airline Play is offering daily nonstop flights from Dulles to Keflavik Airport, located near capital city Reykjavík.  Play isn’t the only airline that operates direct service from Dulles to Iceland. Icelandair began nonstop flights from the Virginia […]

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Good News for DC Travelers: More Security Lanes at DCA, Progress on Dulles Metro Station https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/11/08/good-news-for-dc-travelers-more-security-lanes-at-dca-progress-on-dulles-metro-station/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-news-for-dc-travelers-more-security-lanes-at-dca-progress-on-dulles-metro-station Mon, 08 Nov 2021 21:27:35 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1554991 Reagan National Airport will open two new security halls Tuesday, November 9. The expansion will not only add two new 50,000-square-foot screening areas for terminals B and C, but will now mean the entire B and C concourses will be behind security and accessible only to ticketed passengers, allowing more room for screened passengers to […]

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As Covid-19 Vaccinations Inch Closer, People Are Planning to Start Traveling Again in 2021 https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/12/07/as-covid-19-vaccinations-inch-closer-people-are-planning-to-start-traveling-again-in-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-covid-19-vaccinations-inch-closer-people-are-planning-to-start-traveling-again-in-2021 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 19:45:38 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1357343 Given how truly awful 2020 has been, it makes sense that people are desperately searching for something to look forward to. And apparently that something, for a number of Washingtonians, is to GTFO of town next year. With news of vaccinations possibly starting by the end of the year, some are placing bets that life […]

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Meet the 19-Year-Old College Student Who Flew an Airplane Over Maryland in a Flight Path That Spelled “F— Covid 19” https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/04/29/this-american-hero-flew-an-airplane-over-maryland-in-a-flight-path-that-spelled-f-covid-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-american-hero-flew-an-airplane-over-maryland-in-a-flight-path-that-spelled-f-covid-19 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:51:08 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1101916 On Tuesday around 4 PM, a Piper Cherokee took off from Harford County Airport near Churchville, Maryland. Over the next two hours, the pilot flew a complex path that took him as far west as Prettyboy Reservoir and back east as far as Perryville. When viewed end to end, his flight path, about 28 nautical miles end […]

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A New Program at Dulles Aims to Make Air Travel Easier for Parents https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/12/09/a-new-program-at-dulles-aims-to-make-air-travel-easier-for-parents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-program-at-dulles-aims-to-make-air-travel-easier-for-parents Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:50:46 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=947146 A new travel-assistance program is coming to Dulles Airport just in time for holiday travel—when many families with children in tow may especially need a helping hand. Expected to launch in mid-December, SkySquad will offer a personal helper to assist travelers through check-in, security, and flight delays. For $30 an hour, a SkySquad employee can […]

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Here’s Why You Probably Shouldn’t Cancel Your Boeing 737 MAX 8 Flight https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/03/12/airline-expert-says-dont-cancel-your-boeing-737-max-8-flight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=airline-expert-says-dont-cancel-your-boeing-737-max-8-flight Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:10:29 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=647005 The Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday, resulting the deaths of all 157 passengers, was the second crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in five months. Eighteen countries have since grounded the model and banned it from their airspaces. Though the FAA reassured Americans that the 737 MAX is safe to fly, Senators […]

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