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Sleepless in Seattle – What does Gate N7 look like today at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport?

Sleepless in Seattle fans across the globe will remember and recognize Gate N7 at Sea-Tac Airport as the location that Tom Hanks’ character, Sam Baldwin, first spots Annie Reed, played by Meg Ryan. What does the gate look like today? Gate N7 looks drastically different than it did in the 1990s due to a recent renovation of Sea-Tac’s North Satellite terminal.

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Passenger air travel demand trends through COVID-19

After a dramatic drop at the beginning of the COVID-19 and through 2020, the severely impacted airline industry is seeing air travel demand rise again in 2021. How many people are flying? TSA screening checkpoint throughput data shows a clear correlation between new COVID cases and passenger demand. When cases go up, demand drops.

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Alaska adds to 737 MAX order; Airbus on the way out, airline one step closer to returning to “Proudly All Boeing”

Alaska Airlines announced it has ordered 23 additional Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, increasing its total order to 68 aircraft, which will enable it to retire a majority of the Airbus A320 family aircraft it inherited from Virgin America and pivot the airline most of the way back to an all-Boeing 737 mainline fleet.

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