Dulles flights dwindle while National, BWI grow

Published September 30, 2012 4:00am ET



Washington Dulles International Airport is losing passengers in droves as travelers flock to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall and Ronald Reagan Washington National airports to catch domestic flights.

The international airport in Virginia had 134,000 fewer passengers in July compared with the same period last year — a 6 percent decline, according to the most recent data — even as business at the region’s two other airports hit highs.

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