In an effort to promote biofuels for use by aircraft, Portland International Airport has joined with the Northwest Aviation biofuels industry as part of the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest Project. Other companies involved in the project are the Port of Portland, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK), Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International [...]
Aviation Employment
About $14 million is going to be spent on placing solar farms at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. At the moment 7 to 10 acres of the airport’s property is going to be set aside for these solar projects. The solar power will only be enough to power a small percentage of the airport’s energy, but eventually [...]
The airline and airport industry offers tons of exciting and interesting jobs, but none are more stressful and require more concentration than that of air traffic controller jobs. The air traffic controller is the leader of the ground crew in charge of making sure that all planes, helicopters and more land and take off in [...]
