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Old Oct 10, 2024 | 8:56 am
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Originally Posted by blockski
None of them.

They're all beyond the perimeter; and any exemptions for perimeter flights require Congress to act. And Congress is not going to take the vote for something that benefits zero of their constituents. Add in the fact that only AA would be a plausible domestic operator - what's the rationale for them operating a single flight from DCA rather than feeding PHL or JFK? And if not AA, Congress is definitely not going to expend political capital for a foreign airline to serve DCA..
I disagree. DCA is an AA hub. It already runs international routes. Thry can do an international route out of D S such as to Cancun, Mexico City, Aruba, other Caribbean islands.

these can be done in a 737 or similar size aircraft
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