Transportation & Infrastructure

KOMO News: Trump says cancel new Air Force One: Boeing costs 'totally out of control' By Associated Press & KOMO Staff NEW YORK - Six weeks from taking office, Donald Trump says he wants the government to cut some costs by canceling its order for a new Air Force One, the plane that carries presidents around the globe. The government has contracted with Boeing to build two or… Read more »

Seattle PI: State lawmakers hit Trump for 'unsubstantiated' Air Force One tweet By Joel Connelly President-elect Donald Trump is giving U.S. aerospace workers a black eye with "unsubstantiated" claims about the cost of a new Air Force One and calls that it be canceled, leaders of Washington's congressional delegation said Tuesday. The lawmakers were reacting to… Read more »

Los Angeles Times: Trump wants the contract to develop a new Air Force One canceled, calling the program 'ridiculous' By W.J. Hennigan President-elect Donald Trump took aim at Air Force One on Tuesday, criticizing the cost of the iconic 747 jumbo jet that has served as the president's flying White House and projected America's might wherever it lands. The aircraft used by… Read more »

University of Washington: USDOT awards $14M for mobility research at UW-led transportation center By Jennifer Langston The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded approximately $14 million over five years to a multi-university, regional transportation center led by the University of Washington to fund research aimed at improving the mobility of people and goods across the Pacific… Read more »

KING 5: Trump may cancel Boeing order for new Air Force One By Travis Pittman President-elect Donald Trump says construction of the next Air Force One -- a Boeing 747-8 -- should be canceled due to the costs. Trump  tweeted Tuesday morning: Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control,… Read more »

Geek Wire: Donald Trump: U.S. should cancel Boeing contract for new Air Force One By Alan Boyle and Todd Bishop President Obama has expressed a deep appreciation for Air Force One, describing the current Boeing 747-200 planes as the best perk of the job. President-elect Donald Trump, who is accustomed to flying in his own Boeing 757, isn’t as enamored with Boeing’s contract… Read more »

Reps. Rick Larsen (WA-02), Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02), and Peter DeFazio (OR-4) today released the following statement after the Department of Transportation announced it has awarded Norwegian Air International (NAI) an air carrier permit to operate in the United States. “This is a slap in the face to American workers,” said the Members. “Today’s decision by… Read more »

Bloomberg: U.S. Approves Norwegian’s Flight Expansion With Irish Unit Alan Levin and Michael Sasso Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA won approval to expand flights to the U.S. using an Irish subsidiary, paving the way for the carrier to offer discount trans-Atlantic fares over the objections of domestic carriers and unions. The Department of Transportation found Ireland-based Norwegian Air… Read more »

Seattle Times: US gives Norwegian Air OK to expand disputed low-cost flights here By Dominic Gates The U.S. Department of Transportation has finally granted European low-cost carrier Norwegian Air a permit that will allow it to expand flights to the U.S. — despite fierce opposition from large U.S. airlines and labor groups. In a decision released Friday, the U.S. Department of… Read more »

Everett Herald: Give privatizing air traffic control much more thought – Editorial By The Herald Editorial Board  Those of us who traveled by air or picked up family at Sea-Tac for Thanksgiving likely didn’t give much thought to how take-offs and landings are managed at airports or how pilots are guided in flight. We leave that task to the folks in the air traffic… Read more »