News Stories Tagged "Dulles Airport"

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A Crowded Hub Away From Home

Regional Airline Crews Rest Uneasy In Crash Pads

Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009

At first sight, the Sterling Park house looks like an ordinary split-level, complete with carport, backyard grill and freshly mowed grass. But instead of housing a growing suburban family, it offers accommodations for 30 pilots and flight attendants struggling to string together a few precious hours of sleep. Read story and 6 comments »

Fees Likely To Double on Dulles Toll Road by 2012

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The cost of driving on the Dulles Toll Road is likely to double over the next three years to help fund Metrorail's $5 billion expansion in Northern Virginia, officials with the agency in charge of the road and the rail project announced yesterday. Read story and 10 comments »

Dulles Rail Project Gets Stimulus Money to Limit Its Debt

Friday, May 8, 2009

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $77.5 million in federal stimulus money toward the construction of a Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport. Read story and 3 comments »

Dulles Rail's Completion Date Delayed

Finish of the Second Phase Expected in December 2016

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The second portion of the Silver Line, Metrorail's much-anticipated 23-mile extension to Dulles, will not be completed until at least December 2016, a year after the original end date, transit officials said today. Read story and 9 comments »

Rail Funds Reinvigorate Developers In Loudoun

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Fresh off the federal government's recent agreement to fund the first phase of Dulles rail, developers in Loudoun County have revived long-dormant plans for hotels, convention centers, shops and housing on property that surrounds the future Metro stops. Read story and 11 comments »

Officials Formalize Funding for Dulles Metro Extension

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Washington region can now plan on construction of a new Metrorail line through Tysons Corner and out to Reston. Read story »

Officials to Formalize Funding for Dulles Metro Extension

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

U.S. transportation officials will seal their commitment to a long-planned extension of Metro to Dulles International Airport at a ceremony today in which Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is to sign a formal agreement to provide $900 million in funding considered crucial to the project's success. Read story »

Body Found at Dulles Airport Identified

Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008

A body found in a wooded area of Dulles International Airport yesterday afternoon has been identified as that of Emanuel Clark Jr., 57, of Round Hill, a Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokeswoman said today. Read story »

Fantasy Flight at Dulles Delivers Holiday Magic

Sick Children and Their Families Visit Santa

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008

About 150 children headed to the North Pole yesterday, along with their families, as part of United Airlines' annual Fantasy Flight program, which takes children with life-threatening conditions and terminal illnesses from hospitals and hospices on a make-believe flight to visit Santa on his home turf. Read story »

Monkey Meat Is Confiscated at Dulles

Monday, Dec. 8, 2008

Customs officials searching the bags of an African man who flew into Dulles International Airport on Friday discovered three charred monkeys in his luggage, as well as pounds of deer meat and dried beef, U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials said today. Read story and 30 comments »

New Rules Now, Says Task Force On Tysons

Developers Are Eager To Incorporate Metro

Monday, Dec. 8, 2008

Landowners, developers and members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors say there is new urgency to move forward with ambitious plans to transform Tysons Corner now that federal transit officials have approved a Metrorail line to Dulles International Airport, including four stations in the heart of Tysons. Read story and 1 comment »

It's Too Early to Celebrate Extension, Some Caution

Initial Federal Approval Came After Many Setbacks

Friday, Dec. 5, 2008

In eight years, the Bush administration has not rejected a single transit project once federal regulators have granted initial approval, as they did this week to the long-awaited Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport. Read story and 3 comments »

Airports Authority Sets New Travel Guidelines

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008

The governing body of publicly owned Dulles International and Reagan National airports approved new travel guidelines today in response to scrutiny of dozens of international trips and luxurious hotel accommodations that board members have taken in recent years with little oversight and no rules. Read story »

Udvar-Hazy Lands Gift of $6 Million

Biggest Smithsonian Donation of the Year Will Fund Expansion

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008

The expansion of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center received a significant boost yesterday with a $6 million commitment from Airbus Americas Inc., the largest corporate gift this year to the Smithsonian Institution. Read story »

New Runway Opens, a Plus for Holiday Travel

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008

Dulles International Airport opened a fourth runway yesterday, an early gift for holiday travelers. Read story and 2 comments »

Control of Dulles Toll Road in New Hands

Monday, Nov. 3, 2008

The governing body of Reagan National and Dulles International airports has assumed control of the Dulles Toll Road from Virginia, a key step toward building the proposed 23-mile Metrorail extension between Falls Church and Loudoun County. Read story and 2 comments »

Transfer of Dulles Toll Road To Airport Agency Is Upheld

Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008

A state judge in Richmond dismissed a lawsuit yesterday that had challenged the transfer of the Dulles Toll Road to the authority that runs Reagan National and Dulles International airports, clearing the way to use toll revenue for an extension of Metrorail to Dulles. Read story »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008

News briefs from around Loudoun County. Read story »

With Light Rain, County Continues Monitoring Hanna

Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008

With Tropical Storm Hanna pushing North, steady rain began falling in Leesburg around 8 a.m. today, and Loudoun County officials were on the lookout for possible flooding and road closures. Read story »

Community Events Canceled, Postponed in Anticipation of Storms

Friday, Sept. 5, 2008

Several events around the county have been canceled or postponed in anticipation of the storms from Hurricane Hanna that are supposed to come through the area tomorrow. Read story and 2 comments »

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