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Private jet centers are in development throughout the Puget Sound region, where operators are vying for a piece of the executive travel market. By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Oct 2, 2023 Commercial airlines report business travel recovery is still sluggish, thanks chiefly to large corporate customers that have sought to keep costs and

Randy Krause October 2023 The Port of Seattle Fire Department continues on a five-year journey to find the safest, most efficient aircraft firefighting foam (AFFF) replacement and make Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) one of the first U.S. airports to complete the steps for the transition after federal approval. In 2018, it was obvious the FAA would

A short discussion of the unique constraints Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) faces. SUMMARY  Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) with 103 gates still relies on buses to transport passengers to planes, despite its size.  SEA cannot accommodate regular A380 flights due to a lack of double-loading bridges and the aircraft’s size.  The airport, constrained by limited land,

By  Lulu Ramadan Seattle Times staff reporter This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network and The Seattle Times, with support from the Investigative Journalism Fund. Sign up for Seattle Times newsletters and alerts and ProPublica’s Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Times Watchdog stories dig deep to hold power accountable, right wrongs and

California claims the five biggest oil and gas companies knew that using their products led to climate change, but then spent decades misleading the public. The lawsuit says extreme weather fueled by climate change has caused billions of dollars in damages in the state and these companies should pay for some of that damage. California

By  Christopher Elliott Special to The Seattle Times Travel Troubleshooter When Carolyn DiDonato booked her ticket from Trenton, N.J., to Fort Myers, Fla., she says she was hit with a hidden airline fee. On the last screen, concealed behind a drop-down menu, Frontier Airlines revealed that she would have to pay a nonrefundable $23 carrier

By KEVIN FIXLER McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Twice each decade, Congress approves a bill to fund and set the policies for the federal agency that oversees the nation’s air travel. This year, one airport was singled out in a standalone section marked “miscellaneous” in the Senate version of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act.

By  Mary Schlangenstein Bloomberg Delta Air Lines is doing a major overhaul of its SkyMiles loyalty program to better reward the growing number of customers who use credit cards to buy everything from airline tickets to groceries and gasoline. Details of the update were explained to members Thursday via an email and page on Delta’s

By  Matthew Boyle Bloomberg News In the emerging post-pandemic era, most aspects of life have returned to normal. Moviegoers are flocking to cinemas, vacationers jammed airports for summer travel and kids are returning to classrooms. The one thing that has remained stubbornly fraught: the world of work. Three and a half years after millions of

By  Brad Plumer The New York Times Eight years after world leaders approved a landmark agreement in Paris to fight climate change, countries have made only limited progress in staving off the most dangerous effects of global warming, according to the first official report card on the global climate treaty. Many of the worst-case climate