Air travel depends on more than aircraft and passenger demand. Safety rules, airport decisions and international agreements influence which services airlines can operate and how those services are overseen. Understanding the agency and policy involved helps make sense of an aviation headline.
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Historical update: the checkpoint expansion described here opened in 2021. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport’s security project changed how travelers reached the airport’s main gate areas. An earlier version of this article described 15 lanes and suggested that all passengers could keep shoes on and liquids in their bags. That did not accurately describe the project or establish universal screening rules.
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