At their meeting today the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors re-elected Norman M. Glasgow, Jr. Chairman of the Board and elected Mame Reiley Vice Chairman and Gregory Wolfe was also re-elected as Secretary to the Board.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will hold its Annual Business Opportunity Seminar for Local Disadvantaged Enterprises, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, and Minority and Woman-Owned Businesses on Thursday, November 20, 2003. The Airports Authority operates Washington Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airports.

The Seminar will be held from Noon until 5:30 pm at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, located at 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.

Dulles, Virginia, September 24, 2003 - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in cooperation with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) today announced two Public Workshops on the second phase of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for adding two new runways at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). The workshops are designed to gather public comments on the preliminary runway alternatives, as well as on the results of FAA's analysis on the existing social, natural and physical environment in the IAD Study Area.

Beginning September 22nd, the passenger walkway bridge from Parking Garage 2 will be temporarily closed for improvements. 
The walkway bridge work will construct an overhead canopy enclosure to protect passengers from the outdoor elements. 
Please use the shuttle buses or the walkway detour on Level 1 of Garage 2 or consider using Parking Garage 1 and take advantage of the indoor moving sidewalk to the Terminal.
Thank you for your patience as we improve our parking services.

The nation's three major financial rating agencies recently assigned new ratings to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Fitch, Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's each rated the Authority in conjunction with the issuance of $431.7 million 2003 Airport System Revenue Bonds Series 2003, which closed on October 1st of this year.

Alexandria, VA- A recently-completed study conducted for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority shows that Ronald Reagan Washington National and Washington Dulles International Airports generate over $9 billion for the local economy in combined direct airport spending and associated spending in the visitor industry and that the airports provide over 27,500 jobs at their facilities. Those airport employees earned neary $1.3 billion yearly.

Beginning on Tuesday, July 15th all passengers flying out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will now be required by the Transportation Security Administration to show a boarding pass and photo identification at the security screening checkpoints.

This requirement is already in place at Washington Dulles International Airport and many airports across the country as the TSA implements new security requirements.