Alaska Airlines accounts for about half the flights at SEA. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Airlines)
Like many industries in the past year, air travel has taken a huge hit and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) was no exception, seeing an unprecedented decline in passengers. The airport closed out 2020 with 20,061,507 passengers passing through its halls, a 61.29% decline from the record high year of 2019. The last time passenger numbers were that low goes back decades to 1993. Even during the Great Recession, passenger growth was only modestly affected, manifesting as a two-year hiccup whereas growth boomed during the 2010s ranging from 1.04% to 12.91% per year.
Print article A plane that was supposed to fly from Seattle to Ketchikan early Saturday morning never took off after a man called in a false security threat, officials said. One person was in custody after calling in what authorities described as a “false claim of a security threat” while onboard a Ketchikan-bound flight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Sea-Tac aviation communications manager Kate Hudson said in an email. The “disruptive” male passenger was removed from Alaska Airlines Flight 65 after making the threat, according to Alaska Airlines spokesman Tim Thompson, who said that law enforcement later determined the threat was false.
Patriots Flying High
Congrats to the fourteen Patriots Alaska Airlines has banned!
What’s wrong with the other passengers? Why didn’t they tear their masks off in solidarity with the Freedom Fourteen? I swear, cowards that craven deserve all the misery that the Usurper can dish out.
But back to the airline’s spokesliar:
“At least 14 passengers could now be placed on our ban list for their actions,
Unless those passengers boycott you first, you insufferable cattle-chute. When did commercial aviation stop being transportation and become Nanny Ratched?
meaning they face the possibility of not being able to fly with us in the future. We will not tolerate any disturbance onboard our aircraft or at any of the airports we serve.”
14 people may be banned after rowdy D C to Seattle flight sfgate.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfgate.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
14 passengers may be banned after no-mask, rowdy flight from D.C. to Seattle, Alaska Airlines says
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
Posted Jan 08, 2021
An Alaska Airlines jet is parked at a gate at Portland International Airport on Thursday, August 23, 2018.Mark Graves/Staff
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SEATTLE At least 14 people could be placed on Alaska Airlines’ banned passengers list after they were rowdy, argumentative and refused to wear masks on a flight from Dulles International Airport to Seattle, the airline said.
Airline spokesperson Ray Lane said those facing the possible ban were on Flight 1085 from the D.C.-area airport to Sea-Tac International Airport on Thursday night.