Sea-Tac Airport construction and holiday travel: What to expect

Ironworkers and officials watch a signed beam be lifted by crane during a “topping out” ceremony at the C Concourse Expansion Project at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Thursday. Turner Construction Co. and Apex Steel used the crane to put one of the final steel beams in place atop the highest point. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)

By  Paige Cornwell Most travelers won’t see all the 100-plus different construction projects transforming Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as they run-run-Rudolph through the terminal. But they will notice scaffolding, long lines and congestion during the holiday rush. Sea-Tac is in the middle of a $5 billion, multiyear series of upgrades totaling 120 construction projects before the July 2026 World Cup, when

Boeing Machinists approve new contract, ending strike

By  Lauren Rosenblatt ,  Dominic Gates ,  Paige Cornwell  and  Alex Halverson Seattle Times staff reporters The Boeing strike is over after 53 days. Machinists union members voted Monday to approve the company’s most recent contract offer, enabling Boeing to restart work at assembly plants in Everett and Renton and at parts plants throughout the

Boeing to cut 10% of workforce, stop most 767 production amid strike

Jeremy Niethamer, who works at wiring planes, pickets outside Everett’s Boeing plant, Friday, October 11, 2024. Boeing will lay off 10% of workforce and stop 767 commercial production as the strike drags on. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)

Boeing will lay off 10% of its workforce in the coming months and cut its commercial jet production amid a month-old strike that has left the company burning through cash as its factories sit idle. By Lauren Rosenblatt, Alex Halverson and Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The company said Friday it would end production of its Everett-built 767