Overview
- President Donald Trump called Dulles “terrible,” praised its Eero Saarinen terminal, and pledged to make the airport “really spectacular.”
- The Department of Transportation released an RFI inviting private-sector design, construction, and financing proposals for renovating terminals and concourses as a potential public–private partnership.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the department will request bids to improve the airport’s mobile lounge people movers following a Nov. 10 crash that sent 18 people to the hospital.
- The administration has not provided a timeline or cost estimate, framing the procurement actions as the initial step toward a broader overhaul.
- MWAA’s separate Concourse E expansion, slated to open in 2026, continues as planned, underscoring unresolved questions about how a federal-led rebuild will align with existing projects.