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After months of bruising fare wars, domestic airlines appear to be halting their skirmishes and reversing the fare reductions.
For the second time in two weeks, major domestic carriers, this time led by American Airlines, have initiated fare hikes ranging from $10 to $20 roundtrip on many U.S. routes, said Rick Seaney, chief executive of farecompare.com.
Seaney warned consumers that these small price hikes could the beginning of the end of big bargain air fares this summer.
"I have been cautioning consumers for the past month that they procrastinate on purchasing airline tickets at their own risk -- two air fare hikes in the past few weeks is the strongest signal I have seen that the bottom is either here or near," he said.
Kent Station, downtown Kent's urban shopping center, has announced two new tenants will soon join the mix of restaurants, office users and retailers at the development across from the King County Regional Justice Center.
With the completion of a new four-story office and retail structure at Kent Station, the first tenants are starting to move in. Those tenants are led by Green River Community College with 43,000 square feet of classroom space to augment the college's existing Kent Station classrooms.
New tenants for the structure include the Social Security Administration, which is leasing 14,200 square feet on the building's fourth floor.
On the structure's ground level, Kaiten Sushi will open in a 3,500-square-foot space in September. The restaurant's sushi dishes will be delivered on a conveyor belt which will snake through the restaurant.
Orders for commercial aircraft may be in the tank at Boeing this year, but the Navy has come through with a new order this week that should help sustain employment at Boeing's Renton plant.
The Navy this week added nine aircraft to its previous order for 114 P-8A naval patrol planes.
The sub hunting aircraft is made in Renton on a new assembly line adjacent to the existing 737 assembly line.
The P-8A Poseidon is a militarized version of the twin jet 737 equipped with sensors to detect submarines and with weaponry to kill them.
The Poseidon will replace the Navy's P-3C. The P-3C is a military version of Lockheed's turboprop Electra airliner.
