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Alaska Airlines planes at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport last summer in Anchorage. (Jae C. Hong / AP) By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter After disappointing 2025 financial results, Alaska Air Group pointed to macroeconomic factors that were out of their control, pinning most of the blame on weakening consumer demand for travel.

By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter Alaska Air Group felt the financial toll of lower travel demand in 2025, reporting a steep drop in profits but beating its own expectations for the final quarter of the year. Ryan St. John, Alaska’s vice president of investor relations, said the full-year financial hit was mostly due to

By The Seattle Times editorial board It was the kind of announcement that makes for government worker nightmares. The Department of Commerce on Jan. 6 said that a “data entry” mistake had produced incorrect greenhouse gas emission-reduction numbers for the state’s centerpiece climate protection program. Wrong by several decimal points. Talk about egg on your face. Worse

A Boeing 737 takes off at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. On Thursday, Washington leaders launched a nonprofit committed to sustainable aviation fuel, which promises to reduce aviation carbon emissions by 80%… (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times, 2024)More  By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter MUKILTEO — Washington hopes to be a leader in producing

By Tom Banse Salish Current From his getaway cabin on San Juan Island, Fred Felleman has a clear view of the international shipping lanes of Haro Strait. The wide variety of big ships passing by are not just a photogenic curiosity for Felleman. They’re a personal and professional preoccupation. “I’m an avid ship-spotter,” said Felleman, a

By  Lauren Rosenblatt  and  Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton  Seattle Times staff reporters In September 2022, travelers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport waited over an hour to clear security checkpoints. Lines stretched all the way to the airport’s parking lot. By the next year, Sea-Tac was, according to one major analytics firm, the third worst “mega” airport in

 Daily operations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times) By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter The cities of Burien, Des Moines and SeaTac are challenging the Port of Seattle’s long-term vision for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The three cities filed a petition for judicial review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s

By Tantri Wija Special to The Seattle Times WHEN WE MOVE to a new house, we can take our families, our pets and our furniture, but generally we have to leave the garden behind. They are planted in the ground, so usually that’s where they stay. However, if you want to badly enough, sometimes even

By  The Associated Press The Associated Press Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson declared an emergency Wednesday to ensure enough jet fuel gets to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after a leak shut down a major fuel pipeline. The order temporarily waives and suspends state regulations limiting the number of hours commercial vehicle operators can drive when transporting jet

A view of the international terminal at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last week. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times) By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter As the federal government reopens, lawmakers are publicly questioning the decision-making behind the Trump administration’s mandate restricting air travel. On Friday, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, urged the Department of