Alaska Airlines Warns of an Uneven Corporate Travel Recovery
Photo Credit: Alaska Airlines is headquartered in Seattle. Andrea Leopardi / Unsplash
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Most businesses reopened their offices during the past few months, or held their first company retreats in years, leading to a surge in travel. But where do you go from there? Airline execs should be worried because things could be about to tail off.
After a big rebound in the first quarter, Alaska Airlines is less confident about business travel’s future.
The carrier is more exposed than most, with its headquarters in Seattle and hub in San Francisco, homes to technology giants including Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft (with which it has a new sustainable aviation fuel partnership.)
Nine of its top ten markets represent business-oriented destinations, with Fort Lauderdale the only leisure market among the group, according to corporate data platform Tripbam.
But Alaska’s certainly not complaining; it posted record results for its second quarter ending June 30, 2022, on Th
