The Alaska Airlines Group has revealed several significant changes this week. The first destinations to receive flights from Seattle-Tacoma with the widebodies acquired in the merger with Hawaiian Airlines will be Tokyo Narita in Japan and Seoul Incheon in South Korea. Calling all the widebodies In an investor call that outlined the larger Accelerate Alaska plan, the carrier
Alaska Air, Delta must face lawsuit over Seattle airport pollution
by Nate Raymond November 26, 20243:00 PM PST Alaska Air Group (ALK.N) and Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) have lost their bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that emissions from their aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are responsible for a deadly mixture of toxic pollution. U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle on Monday rejected the
Alaska Airlines exec is working to keep plastic and carbon out of the air
Alaska Airlines Senior Vice President Diana Birkett Rakow is pictured in front of a Boeing 737 jetliner on the hangar floor of the airline’s engineering and maintenance facility in 2021. ANTHONY BOLANTE | PSBJ By Dee Smith Apr 6, 2024 Diana Birkett Rakow has been leading Alaska Air Group’s environmental initiatives since before she even had
Alaska Airlines CEO sees ‘business travel finally starting to come back’
By Mark Calvey – Senior Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci said Tuesday that business travel is coming back, including in Seattle. “We’re seeing more business traffic come back,” Minicucci told those attending the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference Tuesday. “What’s really been helpful is the return of business and corporate traffic for us
Alaska Airlines reports record Q2 revenue but faces higher costs
Marissa Nall By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jul 25, 2023 Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK) reported a jump in revenue and net income during the second quarter, but its shares fell 10% by midday Tuesday over higher costs expected to affect its performance over the latter half of the year. The SeaTac-based
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Alaska Airlines underway on ‘single largest construction project’ in its history
By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK) is underway on over a half-billion dollars’ worth of improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that will alter the way passengers check into their flights. The project, dubbed SEA Gateway, is the single largest construction project in Alaska’s history, said Shane Jones, vice president of
Despite quarterly loss, Alaska Air projects profits and growth ahead
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Alaska Air Group flew more passengers and took in more revenue in the first quarter of this year compared with a year ago, but it still lost $142 million. The loss is a result of myriad factors — from seasonal air travel weakness to higher fuel and labor
Summer travel recovery restores Alaska Airlines’ stability, growth plans
An Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 sits inside a hangar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in August. Travel statistics on the Department of Transportation website show Alaska had the top on-time performance among all U.S…. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Alaska Air Group posted record third-quarter revenue
Growing Concerns
Sea-Tac Airport — the eighth busiest airport in the U.S. — needs to expand, but stakeholders are divided on the best way to do that By Andrew McIntosh – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jan 24, 2020 Updated Jan 27, 2020, 1:14pm PST Passenger traffic at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is now growing so fast that officials are planning the