For Alaska Airlines, April has been turbulent. Here’s what to do if your travel plans are scrambled.
The airline industry as a whole is short on pilots, but the problem has become particularly acute at Alaska.
Alaska Airlines cancels more flights out of Sea-Tac Airport as pilot shortage enters second week
Staffing shortages have been largely to blame for hundreds of cancellations that have delayed or stranded tens of thousands of passengers.
Fewer flights affected as Alaska Airlines cancellation wave rolls into fifth day
Staffing shortages have been largely to blame for hundreds of cancellations that have delayed or stranded tens of thousands of passengers.
Washington state employees, health care workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee issued a sweeping order requiring most state employees — along with hundreds of thousands of health care workers — to get vaccinated soon or lose their jobs.
Pilots say new sick-leave policy at Alaska Air subsidiary could lead to safety risks
In complaints to the pilots union and on private Facebook groups, Horizon Air pilots say that because the policy threatens to bar them from moving up to the more lucrative jobs at Alaska Airlines, it could threaten safety.
Microsoft will require vaccination, delay office opening until October
In a statement, a Microsoft spokesperson said the company will have a process to accommodate employees “who have a medical condition or other protected reason, such as religion, which prevent them from getting vaccinated.”
Alaska’s Bristol Bay sees record return of sockeye salmon. The warming climate may have helped.
The record season, however, comes with some notable asterisks, including very small fish.
Alaska Air Group climbs out of the red thanks to more travelers and federal aid
Without federal aid under the CARES Act Payroll Support Program, as well as some accounting adjustments, the company would have posted a quarterly loss of $38 million.
Cruise lines navigate complex rules as Alaska sailings resume
Starting Friday, ships will leave Seattle almost daily for the rest of the month. In August, some days will see two departures.
Seattle man arrested after seven more vehicles targeted with rocks on freeway
Washington state officials said Tuesday they’ve found a connection between some of the incidents and their proximity to homeless encampments near the highways.