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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

The Port of Seattle’s 2024 cruise season kicks off Saturday. ANTHONY BOLANTE | PSBJ By Joey Thompson – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Apr 4, 2024 Cruise season kicks off Saturday, and while officials predict another strong summer, the Port of Seattle is expected to see fewer ships. The port forecasts 275 sailings between Saturday and late

By Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Apr 1, 2024 Port of Tacoma commissioners recently approved a motion to authorize $7 million to advance its planned Port Maritime Center project. The approval means construction could start in 2025 and could be complete as early as mid-2026, Kristin Ang, port commission president, and Eric Johnson, executive

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

By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Oct 31, 2023 The Port of Seattle plans to commit another $1.1 billion to its massive, rolling capital projects agenda at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport under its newly proposed budget for next year. Introduced late last week, the budget sets the stage for $5.3 billion in capital

However, the port’s request for a summary judgment would not affect other claims by Clark or the port’s countersuit By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Oct 20, 2023 See Correction/Clarification at the end of this article. Officials at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport hope to avoid a King County Superior Court trial over a complaint filed

Private jet centers are in development throughout the Puget Sound region, where operators are vying for a piece of the executive travel market. By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Oct 2, 2023 Commercial airlines report business travel recovery is still sluggish, thanks chiefly to large corporate customers that have sought to keep costs and

By Andy Medici – Senior Reporter, The Playbook, The Business Journals Aug 31, 2023 If time is money, then commutes cost the average U.S. worker thousands of dollars a year. As the back-and-forth over a return to the office continues, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce calculated the cities with the costliest commutes by comparing the average commute time in each