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By Angela Lim Seattle Times features reporter The cost of jet fuel in the United States has ballooned due to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and a resultant oil crisis. And though airfare prices have not skyrocketed yet for Seattle travelers, experts say airlines will soon be forced to raise prices to offset fuel costs.

By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter By the fall of 2025, the MD-11 was already on its way out. FedEx and UPS, the two largest MD-11 operators at the time, had started to retire the aging McDonnell Douglas-built, Boeing-supported planes in favor of newer, more efficient jets. Then, in November, a UPS MD-11 crashed

By Kai Uyehara Seattle Times breaking news reporter Seattle-Tacoma International Airport will not be playing a video from President Donald Trump’s administration blaming Democrats for airport delays resulting from the ongoing partial government shutdown. This is the second time the airport has declined to play such a video in the last six months. During the

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