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Boeing’s first 747-8 Intercontinental VIP Airplane flies away from Paine Field in Everett in 2012. The Boeing 747 changed the way we fly, offering the option of a luxurious and comfortable experience. That era with the… (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times By  Jon Talton  Columnist I remember the first time I saw a Boeing

A passenger jet is silhouetted against the moon on approach to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Airfares are predicted to soar around the world next year. (Charlie Riedel / The Associated Press, file)Danny Lee Bloomberg Airfares will increase around the world next year, by as much as 12% on Europe-Asia routes and 10% for North

By  Jennifer Buchanan Seattle Times staff photographer The final 747 jumbo jet rolled out of Boeing’s Everett plant late Tuesday, marking a milestone for both the iconic airplane and the giant assembly plant for which the jet was first built in the late 1960s. The final 747-8 freighter model will fly to Portland for painting

This Boeing 747-8F will be the last produced by Boeing, 54 years after the first, at same plant, same building. The 1,574th — and last — 747 will later be flown by a Boeing test pilot, painted and handed over to cargo and charter carrier Atlas early next year. The lone 747, covered in a

Daniel Fink – djfink01@aol.com Twitter: @QuietCoalition Board Chair, The Quiet Coalition 60 Thoreau Street Concord, MA 01742 United States The Quiet Coalition is a program of Quiet Communities, Inc., Lincoln, MA, USA Popular version of 4aNS8-The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allows Americans to be exposed to unsafe levels of aviation noise, presented at the 183rd

November 29, 2022 The Port of Seattle Commission approved final adoption of the Port’s 2023 budget and five-year capital plan today, proposing historic investments in our facilities and organization. These investments will enable the Port to support key industries, lead on environmental sustainability, and deliver for the people who rely on the port even in

By Theo Leggett Business correspondent, BBC News In a windswept corner of a military site on Salisbury Plain a small aircraft jet engine is undergoing tests that could one day lead to huge changes within the aviation industry. The engine itself is almost completely conventional. It is a Rolls-Royce AE-2100A gas turbine, a design used

An Airbus SE A380-800 Emirates commercial airliner prepares to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada. (Brent Lewin / Bloomberg) By  William Ralston Bloomberg The amount of time between planes landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport might seem prosaic to the untrained eye, but there’s a lot more going on than a pilot negotiating

A sign urging people to reject a new airport in Eatonville. State officials charged with identifying sites for a new major airport have narrowed it to three: two in… (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)More  By  Jon Talton  Columnist Let me tell you a couple of airport stories. As a young reporter in San Diego,

By  Tom Dent  and  Karen Keiser Special to The Times We are at the start of the greatest transformation in flight since the development of the jet engine. It is not going to happen overnight, and we won’t see large, emissions-free commercial aircraft anytime soon, but like what we have witnessed with space exploration, technological