See coverage in Politico and Eco Business. How corporate interests influence global climate policy at the UN body for aviation New analysis finds the aviation industry has an outsized influence over global climate rules for the sector amid limited public scrutiny, according to a detailed analysis of corporate engagement and transparency rules at the UN’s aviation agency. The
It’s not your imagination, ‘smoke season’ has become real in Seattle
Almost all of the summer and fall “bad air” days since monitoring began were in the last six years, showing that wildfire smoke events in Seattle really are a recent phenomenon. (Kylie Cooper / The Seattle Times) By Danny Westneat Seattle Times columnist When the Spanish flu was pronounced over back in 1918, Seattleites
United Airlines to End Service at J.F.K. Airport
Niraj Chokshi – 5h ago United Airlines said it would temporarily stop flying in and out of Kennedy International Airport in New York at the end of October after struggling to gain a competitive foothold there. In the year ending in September, United operated fewer than 3,000 flights in and out of Kennedy Airport, accounting for less
Snohomish County leaders reject light rail routes bypassing Paine Field
Those options weren’t what voters approved — and would be like “butchering” the plan, the Snohomish County executive said. By Ben Watanabe Thursday, September 29, 2022 1:30am LOCAL NEWS EVERETT TRANSPORTATION EVERETT — Some Snohomish County leaders rejected calls to study Highway 99 and I-5 light rail options that would skip the Boeing and Paine Field
First all-new, electric commuter airplane takes flight at Moses Lake
Sep. 27, 2022 at 8:47 am Updated Sep. 30, 2022 at 10:37 am 1 of 10 | The all-electric airplane called Alice, designed and built in Arlington, takes off on its first flight Tuesday morning in Moses Lake. It landed safely eight minutes later. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace
Why prospects that Pierce, Thurston could be home to new 2-runway airport just improved
By Shea Johnson Updated September 26, 2022 10:09 AM Two rural expanses of land in Pierce County are among three so-called “greenfield” sites still under consideration for a new airport after a state Legislature-created group on Friday narrowed down options for where it will recommend establishing flight operations to accommodate growing passenger and cargo traffic
Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission Meeting 09/23/2022
“Greatest Public Benefit” is a concept that has been devastating for airport communities. It means that, as they say on Star Trek, “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one”. The discussion of compensation and mitigation is always the lowest priority. This makes any commercial airport a de facto sacrifice zone. The
Skagit County no longer being considered for a commercial airport
The two Skagit County sites being considered for a new commercial airport were taken off the state Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission’s list Friday. The commission had been looking into 10 possible sites for a new airport. The sites on the list are what are called greenfield sites — undeveloped, commonly agricultural land that is sought
These planes are battery operated. Will that fly?
Battery-powered planes are gaining traction with airlines and some are slated to be in the air by 2028. But big hurdles remain. By Pranshu Verma September 21, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT A graphic image of Heart Aerospace’s ES-30, a battery powered plane that United Airlines, Mesa Airlines and Air Canada have purchased. (Heart Aerospace) For
Sea-Tac Airport explains what led to 2.5 hour security lines that stretched to the parking garage
Photo from KIRO 7 BY NICOLE JENNINGS KIRO Newsradio Reporter Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is apologizing for the abnormally long security lines last Sunday, which stretched into the Sea-Tac parking garage. The airport says it was a combination of unexpectedly high numbers of end-of-summer travelers, not enough Transportation Security Administration officers to meet the demand, and