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Trump Launches Federal Push To Rebuild Dulles Airport

Transportation officials opened a request for information for redesign concepts and will seek bids to upgrade the aging people movers after a November crash.

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.