Forty kids from the Boys and Girls Club of
Greater Washington spent Tuesday evening at
Dulles International Airport getting a taste of
what it\’s like to get ready to fly in a Qatar
Airways 777.
Dulles International is one of five major
airports with designated smoking areas. A study
released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention found air pollution is
five times higher in airports with inside
smoking areas compared to those that are smoke-
free.
There are some good signs for travelers in our area, who will be heading out-of-town this week for Thanksgiving.
A team of Special Olympic athletes pulled an 82-ton FedEx Airbus cargo plane at Dulles International Airport on Saturday.
Cocaine stashed inside double-lined plastic honey
and cream jars and allegedly destined for Maryland
addresses was discovered by Customs and Border
Protection officers at Washington Dulles
International Airport on Saturday.
Hundreds of motorcycles will ride through the region Saturday morning in memory of those who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Dulles is the seventh worst airport in the country, according to Travel + Leisure Magazine. In contrast, readers rated BWI Thurgood Marshall as one of the best.
The space shuttle Enterprise is scheduled to depart Dulles International Airport Friday morning and make its trip to a new home in New York City.
A modified 747 airplane will carry the Space Shuttle Discovery on its back Tuesday morning from Florida to Washington.
A former Transportation Security Administration employee is facing prostitution charges after police busted a sex operation in an area hotel.
It was just one of many items in a huge $85 billion two year state budget plan but it could make a difference in commute costs over the next few years for drivers who use the Dulles Toll Road.
A Customs and Border Protection official referred him to a secondary agricultural inspection, where an X-ray revealed 924 individual packs of cigarettes inside almost all 10 pieces of his luggage.
Reagan National and Dulles International airports handled 42 million passengers in 2011, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority says. Almost 19 million people used Reagan, and just over 23 million used Dulles.
American Airlines Flight 127 left John F. Kennedy International Airport at 5:12 p.m. bound for San Diego International Airport.