A Boeing 777X airplane takes off at Paine Field in Everett in January. Boeing recently entered into a partnership to recycle excess composite… (AP Photo / Ted S. Warren, File) More By Tom Ranken Special to The Times A couple of years ago, the CleanTech Alliance found a Chicago-based partner that wanted to work with
Center Runway Reconstruction
The Port of Seattle completed reconstruction of the center runway (designated as 16C/34C) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 2015. The runway was originally built in 1969 and had some brief closures during 2016 in order to complete adjoining projects with taxiways and blast pads. The project included installation of a new LED runway lighting system and an
A history of Delta in Seattle, Alaska Airlines’ hometown
Edward Russell Delta Air Lines is firmly ensconced as the Seattle area’s second carrier, having built an Asia gateway and hub there during the past decade. The SkyTeam Alliance carrier will offer up to 184 departures this summer, including service to seven cities in Asia and Europe, from Seattle/Tacoma International Airport (SEA), according to Cirium schedule data. Hometown
SEA Airport Approaches Capacity and Faces Difficult Decisions
Steinbrueck, Peter The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) recently published preliminary findings of an air capacity study that shows what Port leadership and the traveling public have known for a while — the region is rapidly approaching a crisis. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) has one of the smallest footprints of any major airport in the
How to travel between Seattle and Portland by car, bus, train and plane — including a new $49 flight from Boeing Field
1 of 2 | Portland and Seattle are located in close enough proximity that just about every Seattleite will visit the Rose City at some point. (Courtesy of City of Portland) By Megan Burbank Seattle Times features reporter Note: Though a number of factors contribute to your carbon footprint while traveling — aircraft type, your car’s
A neurobiological mechanism linking transportation noise to cardiovascular disease in humans
Michael T Osborne, Azar Radfar, Malek Z O Hassan, Shady Abohashem, Blake Oberfeld, Tomas Patrich, Brian Tung, Ying Wang, Amorina Ishai, James A Scott … Show more European Heart Journal, Volume 41, Issue 6, 7 February 2020, Pages 772–782, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz820 Published: 26 November 2019 Article history Views Cite Permissions Icon Permissions Share Abstract Aims Chronic
There Is No Sustainable Way to Fly
Despite what airlines promise, carbon offsets and sustainable fuels won’t negate the heavy environmental cost of air travel. by Jake Bittle This article originally appeared on VICE US. Last month, just weeks after climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time’s Person of the Year, JetBlue announced that it would go carbon neutral on all its
2019 Worst Year for Air Freight Demand Since 2009
This was the first year of declining freight volumes since 2012, and the weakest performance since the global financial crisis three years earlier. International Air Transport Association (IATA) IATA Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released full-year 2019 data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), fell
Airlines want you to think they’re serious about the climate crisis. They’re not
An offer to plant trees to offset carbon emissions isn’t a solution – it’s a licence to continue with business as usual @wakmax ‘Those dressing up a process that (at best) aims to remove, years from now, carbon emitted today as a climate solution either don’t understand the science, or don’t want you to.’ Photograph:
This is how the Port of Seattle crafted its $2.3B Sea-Tac Airport expansion plan
Sea-Tac Airport passenger volumes are surging, hitting 51.8 million in 2019 and forecast to hit 56 million a year by 2027. Airport staffers are planning projects now to be finished or underway by then to ensure the facility can handle the growth. ANTHONY BOLANTE By Andrew McIntosh – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Trying to forecast