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2023-04-24Airport construction slowed by ecology laws, says E.P.A. official
An EPA official warned in the early 1970s that environmental laws were slowing the construction and expansion of airports across the U.S., even as air travel demand was projected to double by 1980. Dr. Stanley Greenfield highlighted that airports create both direct pollution — including noise, air, and water contamination — and indirect impacts through the industrial and residential growth they attract nearby. He called for a comprehensive national program to address aircraft-airport noise, while acknowledging that the technology to fully eliminate aircraft noise at its source was not yet available. -
Boeing isn’t a bank, but it’s the ultimate ‘too big to fail’ company
By Jon Talton Three things struck me as hair-on-fire points in my colleague Dominic Gates’ superb examination of Boeing’s prospects to right itself after four challenging years. First, the company’s net debt has increased to nearly eight times from where it stood at the end of 2018. That’s nearly $40 billion. Half of this comes from the -
Seattle Times Infographic: Sea-Tac Airport IAF Gate Layout Limits for Large Widebody Aircraft
An infographic published by The Seattle Times (credited to Mark Nowlin, sourced from Port of Seattle) illustrating design problems at Sea-Tac Airport's new International Arrivals Facility, showing how gate layout limits large widebody aircraft from docking simultaneously. The diagram details the 780-foot-long walkway connecting Concourse S to the IAF, baggage claim carousels, customs and border protection flow, and passenger routing for both Seattle-bound travelers and connecting flight passengers. -
2023-04-07Sea-Tac Airport’s new $1B international terminal too tight a squeeze for 20 big jets
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter The gleaming new International Arrivals Facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which opened last year at a cost of about $1 billion, was supposed to fit 20 big, widebody aircraft simultaneously. But according to the Port of Seattle, that many long-haul aircraft won’t fit side by side because -
Aging, unreliable runway safety device leaves U.S. airports vulnerable
By Alan Levin A crucial safety system that’s relied on to avoid potentially fatal collisions at major U.S. airports is aging and plagued by outages that have left travelers unprotected for months at a time. At some airports, it hasn’t ever been installed. The technology — which tracks vehicles on or near runways to alert -
EPA proposal takes on health risks near US chemical plants
By MICHAEL PHILLIS The Associated Press In what could prove a significant move for communities facing air pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Thursday that chemical plants nationwide measure certain hazardous compounds that cross beyond their property lines and reduce them when they are too high. The proposed rules would reduce cancer risk and -
2023-04-01Seattle Times Infographic: Alaska Air Group Q1 2023 Earnings
A Seattle Times infographic reporting Alaska Air Group's Q1 2023 financial results, showing revenue rose 30.6% year-over-year to $2.19 billion but the airline posted a net loss of $142 million (-$1.11 per share), attributed to seasonal weakness, higher fuel and labor costs, reduced West Coast tech business travel, and severe weather. -
WA can lead the next sustainable era of aerospace
By Chris Raymond and Jon Holden Special to The Times Washington has been at the center of aviation since 1916, when Bill Boeing founded his airplane company in a shipyard on Seattle’s Duwamish River. Since then, the state has led the world in designing and manufacturing airplanes that have connected and protected people around the world. -
Toxic fumes on board airplanes? Airlines may have to do something about it
Masked passengers fill a Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank to Las Vegas on June 3, with middle seats left open. (Christopher Reynolds/Los Angeles Times/TNS) By Kiera Feldman Los Angeles Times The airline industry would be forced to adopt new measures to protect passengers and crew members from toxic fumes on airplanes under a bill introduced -
Pioneering Moses Lake flight uses hydrogen to power regional airplane
Universal Hydrogen on Thursday morning flew a regional airliner with a 40-passenger capacity using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. The airplane took off at 8:41 a.m. from Grant County International Airport and flew 15 minutes. The flight… (Universal Hydrogen By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter MOSES LAKE — A small crowd of investors, airline representatives