Seattle looks forward to strong summer, international seats to surge close to 20%

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) is the quiet achiever of the Pacific coast gateways. Reporting an encouraging 6.6% increase in international passenger traffic last year (or +14.8% when cross-border traffic to Canada is excluded), Sea-Tac is optimistic of another solid performance in 2011. As of Mar-2011, frequency enhancements and bigger aircraft will translate into a near 20% year-on-year lift in capacity in 3Q2011, including a 23% surge in Atlantic scheduled seats and a 16% increase for the Pacific. © Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation