Jimothy keeps on giving: Amazon and others match winning bid for raccoon art, to benefit food bank A painting of the short-spined raccoon by prolific Seattle artist Ryan Henry Ward attracted a winning bid of $6,543.21 in an informal Instagram auction this weekend, with all proceeds directed to the Ballard Food Bank. Read More
Alaska Airlines launches aviation-focused startup program with Los Angeles venture lab Alaska Airlines wants to help more startups take off. The Seattle-based airline announced Thursday a partnership with UP.Labs to launch… Read More
Alaska Air signs on for payroll support as part of airlines’ $25B coronavirus bailout Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and nine other air carriers plan to participate in a $25 billion payroll assistance program that’s part… Read More
Boeing and airline stocks soar higher, thanks to billions of dollars in promised aid Even as Boeing begins a 14-day production shutdown in the Puget Sound due to the coronavirus outbreak, the aerospace giant… Read More
United Airlines set to begin Denver and SF flights from Paine Field near Seattle in March 2019 United Airlines has become the second — and for now, final — airline to start selling tickets for commercial flights… Read More
Horizon Air employee’s fatal joyride points to gaps in airport security, and we’re lucky it wasn’t worse The day after a Horizon Air employee stole an airplane, flew aerial stunts and crashed into a sparsely inhabited island… Read More
Alaska Airlines will end flights to Cuba, due to policy changes and fading demand Less than a year after Alaska Airlines began daily flights to Cuba amid a burst of red-white-and-blue fanfare, the Seattle-based… Read More
Why Alaska Airlines is killing off the Virgin America brand – and boosting perks It all comes down to cost and consistency of branding: That’s why Alaska Airlines announced today that it would retire the… Read More
Alaska Airlines breaks ties with Delta after hooking up with Virgin America Breaking up with old flames is part of getting married, and that’s what Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines are doing… Read More
Alaska Air makes its takeover of Virgin America official with a blue-red Boeing jet Alaska Air Group completed its acquisition of Virgin America today, celebrating the rise of the nation’s No. 5 air carrier… Read More
U.S. Justice Department OKs $2.6 billion Alaska Air-Virgin America merger The U.S. Department of Justice approved Alaska Air’s proposed merger of Virgin America, marking the final regulatory step for a… Read More
