ARLINGTON, Va. (DC News Now) — Lawmakers from across the DMV are making a vocal push against a potential change to air travel in the region. Lawmakers are say that a proposal to bring more flights to Regan National Airport, including long-distance flights to new cities across the country, would be dangerous. Senators Chris Van […]
today under severe storm risks. yesterday saw more than 8600 flights in the u.s. delayed according to flight aware. nearly 600 flights were canceled on friday. today was off to a better start. even so, around 120 flights have been canceled so far with just over 500 delays. from colorado to florida, severe stores produced very large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes. oklahoma and surrounding states are in the cross hairs. cnn s pete muntean has the busy holiday travel from regan national airport. reporter: the federal holiday for juneteenth is not until monday, although so many people are traveling right now. at one point at ragan national airport the line is where i am standing, 2.73 million people screened at airports across the country just yesterday according to the tsa. that is 10,000 people shy than the pandemic era set on the