releases: https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-praises-finalized-direct-flight-route-from-san-antonio-to-d-c/
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| https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-praises-finalized-direct-flight-route-from-san-antonio-to-d-c/ | Cornyn Praises Finalized Direct Flight Route from San Antonio to D.C. | 2024-12-17 | 2024 | 2024-12 | Republican | Senate | TX | John Cornyn | C001056 | www.cornyn.senate.gov | cornyn | https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/ | scraper | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) announcement that a new direct flight route between San Antonio and Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport serviced by Texas-based American Airlines has been officially established: “As a San Antonio native and staunch advocate of Texas’ airline industry, I am pleased that the DOT has finalized a direct route between San Antonio and the District of Columbia,” said Sen. Cornyn. “Serviced by DFW-based American Airlines, this new direct route will open up new opportunities for Texans in ‘Military City, USA’ and our nation’s capital, and I am pleased to see it come to fruition.” Background: In May, Sen. Cornyn voted in favor of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act, now law, which included a range of reforms to improve public safety, efficiency, and consumer confidence and allowed for a direct route from San Antonio to Washington, D.C. In July, Sen. Cornyn joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Representative Chip Roy (TX-21), Representative Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and others in sending a letter urging Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to allocate San Antonio International Airport (SAT) one of the new long-haul, round-trip flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) allowed for in the FAA reauthorization legislation. In October, DOT announced plans to establish a new direct flight route between San Antonio and Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport to be serviced by Texas-based American Airlines. | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T19:07:19Z |