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Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:00 am Updated Aug. 12, 2022 at 5:48 pm A new Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Everett in 2020. Some experienced engineers who designed this plane are weighing retirement as a big cut to their lump-sum pension payout looms later this year. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times) By  Dominic Gates  Seattle Times

By  Dominic Gates  Seattle Times aerospace reporter FARNBOROUGH, England — On the opening days of the Farnborough Air Show, Britain endured record high temperatures and as the mercury climbed past 100 degrees Fahrenheit, people retreated where possible from the scorched runways to the air-conditioned company chalets. This was nature providing a timely reminder of the greatest threat

By  Erica Browne Grivas Special to The Seattle Times The new International Arrivals Facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport welcomed its first passenger flight early Tuesday morning, signaling the start of the long-anticipated facility’s phased opening plan — and the beginning of a new era for international travel, airport officials say. Passengers on Delta Air Lines flight 196 from Seoul’s Incheon

By  Letters editor The Seattle Times Perhaps the editorial will help pull the Seattle Port Commissioners’ heads out of the sand. Sea-Tac cannot support projected increases in passengers. In 2015, Sea-Tac served 42 million passengers. The port’s master plan projects 66 million by 2034. So what to do? Negotiate with the Washington congressional delegation to

April 3, 2022 at 6:00 am Updated April 3, 2022 at 8:33 am    By  Hal Bernton  Seattle Times staff reporter SPECIAL REPORT | INTO THE ICE This story is part of The Seattle Times’ coverage of the effects of climate change in the Bering Sea. It was reported in partnership with the Anchorage Daily News and the Pulitzer

Huge cracks closed the Port of Kobe in Japan after a devastating earthquake in 1995. The ground at Kobe’s port shifted as much as 10 feet in some areas. (Koji Sasahara / The Associated Press, 1995) By David Guterson Special to The Seattle Times In 2015, The New Yorker published an article asserting that an

By  Gleb Tsipursky Special to The Times A recent survey of more than 10,000 global knowledge workers and their leaders shows the current concern of executives is over hybrid and remote work schedules, and something called “proximity bias,” a fear that those who choose to return to offices will get ahead, while those who stay

Jan. 21, 2022 at 1:54 pm Updated Jan. 21, 2022 at 1:54 pm   A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane lands following a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle in April 2019. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) By The Seattle Times editorial board The days when Boeing earned renown as an aerospace titan that Puget

Dec. 12, 2021 at 7:00 am Updated Dec. 13, 2021 at 5:34 pm   1 of 15 | Sections of a Dreamliner were delivered from Japan to Everett. These wings were from a plant in Nagoya, Japan. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times, 2007) By  Peter Robison Editor’s note: This is an edited excerpt from the new book “Flying

Port of Seattle Commission Position No. 1 incumbent Ryan Calkins, left, Position No. 4. winner Toshiko Grace Hasegawa, center, Position No. 3 winner Hamdi Mohamed. (Courtesy the campaigns)By  Akash Pasricha  Seattle Times business reporter Two newcomers will be joining the Port of Seattle Commission. Hamdi Mohamed, 31, will win the race for Position No. 3