• Airlines are thriving as people keep traveling

    By Niraj Chokshi The New York Times Summer travel is off to a roaring start, with little sign of a slowdown on the horizon. And airline executives say they are doing all they can to keep up, including contending with bad weather and congestion in the skies and on the ground. Three of the nation’s
  • Inslee, lawmakers turn up heat on oil companies as WA gas prices top nation

    By Isabella Breda Seattle Times staff reporter BURIEN — Gov. Jay Inslee and members of the Democratic-controlled Legislature on Thursday stressed their desire to rein in the oil industry’s record profits as Washingtonians continue to pay for the most expensive fuel in the nation. Several of Highline Public Schools’ new electric buses served as a
  • Everett’s Paine Field is now Seattle Paine Field International Airport

    A 1979 Cessna 152 takes off from Paine Field and flies past the airport’s sign on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in unincorporated Snohomish County, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald) By Janice Podsada Tuesday, July 18, 2023 11:23am LOCAL NEWSAVIATION AND SPACEEVERETTPAINE FIELD EVERETT — Now arriving at Seattle Paine Field International Airport. You read that
  • Everett’s Paine Field airport adds Seattle to its name in rebrand

    By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal When travelers search for flights to the Puget Sound area, they’ll now find two airports with Seattle in their name. That’s because Snohomish County’s Paine Field airport has changed its name to Seattle Paine Field International Airport as it aims to widen its brand awareness and help visitors
  • A timeline of the history of Paine Field

    Key events to know about Snohmish County’s airport. by Herald Staff Tuesday, July 18, 2023 3:24pm Local NewsAviation and spacePaine Field EVERETT — The airport outside Everett has a rich history. Here’s some key events to know about Paine Field. 1936 Construction of the Snohomish County Airport begins and is intended as a commercial airport
  • Airplane noise linked to next day heart health hospitalizations

    The sound of airplanes flying overhead late at night is linked to a slight increase in hospital admissions for heart-related problems the following day, a study from Imperial College London suggests. Researchers from Imperial and the University of Leicester combined hospital admissions and mortality data with environmental modeling to assess short-term associations between aircraft noise
  • Sustainable aviation fuels aren’t the answer; flying less is

    By Laura Gibbons and Brandon Bowersox-Johnson Special to The Seattle Times Despite The Seattle Times’ editorial board’s enthusiasm for sustainable aviation fuels, SAF remain a dangerous fantasy. If we buy into this myth, we will continue expanding air travel instead of what we actually must do: significantly reduce flights until real solutions are in place.
  • Kaplan, Kirsch Rockwell Airport Law Digest 2023 Mid-Year Update No. 38

    We are pleased to share Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell’s Airpot Law Digest - 2023 Mid-Year Update. This Airport Law Digest includes a list of key airport- related cases decided over the first six months of 2023, new DOT and FAA rules, policies, and guidance, and reports, studies, and articles of interest to airport legal professionals. We have attempted to provide links to publicly available documents, and most other documents are available via subscription services such as Westlaw or LexisNexis. We hope you find this Digest useful in your efforts to remain current in the always-evolving legal and regulatory framework that governs airports. If you have questions about any of the materials in this Digest, please contact editors Nicholas Clabbers and Adam Gerchick, or any other Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell attorney who normally represents you. As with all of our Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell publications, this Digest is not intended to provide legal advice which requires a specific analysis of how the law applies to particular facts. Please consult with your counsel if you wish to understand how the cases and other materials cited in the Digest apply to your own situation. | Articles | Litigation | Federal Legislation | Federal Rules, Orders, and Guidance | Reports, Studies, Articles, and Other Publications CONTENTS https://www.kaplankirsch.com/People/Nicholas-Clabbers https://www.kaplankirsch.com/People/Adam-Gerchick https://www.kaplankirsch.com/People/Adam-Gerchick https://www.kaplankirsch.com/People https://www.kaplankirsch.com/People Congress Takes Up FAA Reauthorization For airport policy, few actions have more impact than Congress’s recurring reauthorization of the FAA and its programs. This September 30, the FAA’s 5-year statutory authority sunsets, so…
  • UW study shows Seattle’s historically redlined communities have worse air quality

    By Isabella Breda  Seattle Times staff reporter As Seattleites awoke to a hazy concoction of wildfire and Fourth of July firework smoke Wednesday morning, a new study dropped, revealing that some neighborhoods in the city are regularly subject to worse air pollution, reflective of historic racist policies. Those neighborhoods, according to research published Wednesday from the University of Washington,
  • UW study shows Seattle’s historically redlined communities have worse air quality

    Haze from wildfire and Fourth of July firework smoke sets in Wednesday on the Seattle skyline. (Luke Johnson / The Seattle Times) By  Isabella Breda  Seattle Times staff reporter As Seattleites awoke to a hazy concoction of wildfire and Fourth of July firework smoke Wednesday morning, a new study dropped, revealing that some neighborhoods in the city