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By  DAVID KOENIGThe Associated Press President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated a former Obama administration official to lead the Federal Aviation Administration after his first choice withdrew in March after running into opposition from Republican senators. The White House said Biden nominated Michael G. Whitaker, a former deputy administrator at the FAA. He is currently

Imagine taking a flight you don’t want or need, to stretch your legs in the destination airport before heading straight back. Jerry (a pseudonym), who works in software sales, estimates that these kinds of flights make up about 15% of all his flights. Some Saturdays, he’ll take an immediate round trip from L.A. to the

By Amanda Zhou Seattle Times staff reporter A U.S. District Court judge ruled Friday that the Navy could continue running an increased number of jet flights at its base on Whidbey Island but must redo its environmental impact study that has been at the center of the case. The order follows a 2022 ruling that the Navy

By Andy Medici – Senior Reporter, The Playbook, The Business Journals Aug 31, 2023 If time is money, then commutes cost the average U.S. worker thousands of dollars a year. As the back-and-forth over a return to the office continues, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce calculated the cities with the costliest commutes by comparing the average commute time in each

Heather Snavely Special to The Seattle Times Recently, The Seattle Times reported that an Amazon executive said that it was serendipitous to return to the office but had no data to back that up, even going so far as to say “actual data … it’s very hard to come by” and especially “any data that […] would

By Joey Thompson – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Aug 28, 2023 The Puget Sound Regional Council is moving its headquarters to one of Seattle’s largest Class A office buildings — at an apparent discount. The government-funded metropolitan planning organization has signed a 13.5-year lease at 1201 Third Avenue, filling 21,000 square feet on the

The Port of Seattle sat down with Simple Flying to discuss how airlines are incentivized to reduce noise impacts.  The Port of Seattle collaborated with EVA Air to change their late-night flight to a quieter Boeing 787-10 instead of a Boeing 777 or Boeing 747-400.  The Fly Quiet Awards incentivize airlines to use quieter aircraft

Scott Neuman A new lawsuit brought by American Airlines against a controversial ticketing website is bringing renewed attention to “skiplagging,” or “hidden city ticketing” — a technique used by some passengers to get lower fares. What is skiplagging? It works like this: Say a passenger wants to travel from New York to Charlotte, N.C., but

By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Aug 17, 2023 Research and development ventures have landed around Seattle Paine Field Airport, soaking up industrial space as fast as it can be built. Less than 4% of the industrial space in the North End market sat vacant at the end of the second quarter, according to

FLIGHT RISKS By Sydney Ember and Emily SteelGraphics by Leanne Abraham, Eleanor Lutz and Ella KoezeAug. 21, 2023 On the afternoon of July 2, a Southwest Airlines pilot had to abort a landing at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. A Delta Air Lines 737 was preparing to take off on the same runway. The sudden maneuver avoided a possible collision by seconds. Near miss NEW