Port of Seattle delays environmental review for Sea-Tac airport expansions

By Andrew McIntosh  –  Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Dec 18, 2019 The Port of Seattle has delayed the environmental review process for potential Seattle-Tacoma International Airport expansion projects until late 2021. The public agency said a statement Monday it’s taking more time for its own environmental review following public feedback on its Sustainable Airport

By Andrew McIntosh  –  Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Nov 27, 2019 Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke, who led a task force on Seattle-Tacoma International Airport expansion, says a proposal to build a $2.3 billion standalone terminal fails to address concerns raised by his group. In a letter to the five-member Port of Seattle Commission

Exclusive: Alaska Airlines says Sea-Tac’s $2.3B terminal expansion plan has ‘critical shortcomings’

By Andrew McIntosh  –  Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Nov 21, 2019 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s $2.3 billion plan to build a standalone North Terminal to manage passenger growth has “critical shortcomings,” Alaska Airlines says. In letters to Sea-Tac Airport leaders and interviews with the Business Journal, Alaska says the facility’s plan for a 19-gate terminal

Tango Taxiway: A history of mistaken landings and almost landings at Sea-Tac

By Steve Wilhelm  –  Staff Writer, Puget Sound Business Journal Dec 31, 2015 For 16 years pilots have mistaken Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s most prominent taxiway for a runway, landing on it four times and narrowly avoiding landing on three other occasions. Most recently an Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK) pilot landed a Boeing 737 on the

The Northwest Seaport Alliance just became the third-largest cargo gateway in the U.S.

Northwest Seaport Alliance By Steve Wilhelm – Staff Writer, Puget Sound Business Journal Aug 4, 2015 Updated Aug 5, 2015 10:16am PDT The ports of Seattle and Tacoma officially created the Northwest Seaport Alliance Tuesday, at a morning meeting at Federal Way City Hall. The members of both ports’ commissions unanimously approved The Northwest Seaport Alliance, a joint