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2025-05-10FAA Considers Cutting Newark Airport Flights As United Airlines Calls For Major Reforms
By Alexander Mitchell After over a week of brutal delays and other incidents at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), airlines and aviation regulators have decided to meet to plan additional flight cutbacks at the airport to prevent further incidents from arising. According to Bloomberg, these private discussions are an immediate response to multiple incidents in which radar -
2025-05-09Air traffic controllers for Newark airport briefly lose radar access again
By JOSH FUNK The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport briefly lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks, renewing concerns about the nation’s aging air traffic control system that President Donald Trump wants to overhaul. The Federal Aviation Administration said the radar at the facility in -
2025-05-05
Filing Week: It’s time to run for office and push for airport accountability
Local elections are key to progress on Sea-Tac Airport impacts. This week marks filing week in King County — the window for candidates to officially declare their intention to run for local office. It begins today and closes promptly on Friday at 5:00 PM. For communities affected by Sea-Tac Airport’s ongoing noise and pollution issues, -
2025-05-05State Session 2025: Good and bad news for airport impacts
Final budget has two notables for communities under the flight path. The Good Included in the newly passed 2025 Washington State budget is a $440,000 grant to the University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (UW DEOHS) to install an aviation-specific air quality monitoring site in Des Moines. This will be the -
2025-05-01Airline Trade Group Asks FAA To Extend New York Flight Requirement Cuts Due To Inadequate ATC Staffing
By Alexander Mitchell On April 30, 2025, multiple major US-based airlines asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to extend cuts to minimum flight requirements at highly congested airports in the New York City area. The organization of airline industry representatives has requested that these cuts be made through October 2027, with the group citing severe -
2025-05-01King County International Airport is planning for the future Vision 2045
Parallel planning studies will have impacts for everyone living under the flight path The Vision 2045 Airport Plan will evaluate how KCIA can evolve and adapt to meet future aviation demand and become a world-class airport. This airport planning process will result in an airport plan that will serve airport users and surrounding community members -
2025-04-29Port Package Updates: Where Things Stand Now
A hopeful program now feels like virtual signaling First, a quick apology. 2025 has been the year of the SAMP (Sustainable Airport Master Plan) and the launch of our new documentary Under The Flight Path, so we’ve been more than a little distracted. But we want to bring you up to speed on Port Package -
2025-04-26Q1 2025: U.S. Airlines struggle to stay aloft
An update on commercial aviation in this year of the SAMP The first quarter of 2025 continued to show mixed financial results for major U.S. airlines. Despite some post-pandemic recovery in travel demand, economic uncertainty, higher operational costs, and softening domestic travel led to significant challenges across the industry. Here’s how the top carriers performed: -
2025-04-25
FAA to roll back environmental, climate and Civil Rights commitments in Airport Grant rules
Executive Orders have significant impact on environmental justice and lead The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a notice updating the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant assurances, making several important changes that airport-affected communities should know about. These new rules take immediate effect for Fiscal Year 2025 AIP grants, but the FAA is accepting public -
2025-04-23
Port Commission meeting: SLOAs, Dining, Fly Quiet, Baggage, 2024 Financials
Performance strong despite large capital spending and unexpected costs At the April 22, 2025 Meeing (Packet), the Port of Seattle Commission heard several important presentations on the airport, including retail dining, a new baggage system, the Fly Quiet program, and a 2024 budget presentation delayed by last year’s cyberattack. Our member made a public comment