2025-11-14
A view of the international terminal at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last week. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times) By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter As the federal government reopens, lawmakers are publicly questioning the decision-making behind the Trump administration’s mandate restricting air travel. On Friday, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, urged the Department of
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By Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporter Boeing will have five extra years to build its 767 freighters in its Everett plant thanks to a provision in the newly passed Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill. Boeing won’t say what these extra years will mean for the aviation company beyond 2028, when it originally planned to
Like many agencies of the Federal Government, the law giving life to the FAA needs to be reauthorized periodically. The last bill was in 2018 and the current version will be passed this year. A reauthorization bill is something of a misnomer. The first page reauthorizes the agency; the remaining hundreds and hundreds of pages
The U.S. mid-term congressional elections this November will determine which party controls Congress during the next year’s FAA reauthorization process. Republicans are bullish on retaking both the House of Representatives and Senate, while Democrats are fighting hard to protect their razor-thin majorities. That’s the big picture. Of the 536 total congressional seats (including D.C.’s non-voting delegate…more
For nearly two years, the families of the 346 victims who died in two tragic Boeing 737 MAX crashes championed necessary reforms to the Federal Aviation Administration’s certification process. Today, the House passed a bipartisan bill to restore the integrity of the aircraft certification process and ensure no other families experience such unthinkable loss. Watch
2025-11-14