All Alaska Airlines articles – Page 7
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Alaska plans eight-city California expansion
Alaska Airlines plans to expand in California early next year with the launch of eight new routes, including several that Seattle-based Alaska served in years past.
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Alaska expands Paine Field network with Palm Springs
Alaska Airlines will connect Paine Field with Palm Springs this November, building on its network from the Seattle-area airport within a year of reopening it to commercial service.
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Alaska to add new Paine Field route
Alaska Airlines plans to add a new route from Paine Field, adjusting its network at the Seattle-area airport less than a year after beginning service.
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PICTURES: Ranking the best animal-faced airliners
After ANA took delivery of its first turtle-themed Airbus A380 on 20 March, we rank the top 10 animal-face liveries on commercial airliners.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US carriers paint mixed demand picture
The largest US carriers continue to see strong domestic demand even as some of their smaller peers cite pockets of weakness.
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PICTURE: Alaska kicks off commercial flights from Paine Field
Passengers on an Embraer E175 aircraft operating as Alaska Airlines on 5 March became the first commercial flight out of the new terminal at Paine Field airport in Washington after the government shutdown delayed the debut flight.
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PICTURES: Alaska unveils new Airbus cabins
Alaska Airlines will begin making upgrades to its cabins and adding new premium seats this year starting with its Airbus aircraft with the goal of converting 36% of its fleet by “early 2020.”
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Alaska refinanced debt in December quarter
Alaska Airlines prepaid $220 million in debt during the fourth quarter, refinancing the loans with new borrowing.
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Alaska delays Paine Field launch due to government shutdown
Alaska Airlines is the first carrier to officially postpone a new service due to the on-going partial US federal government shutdown now in its 32nd day.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Which airline CEOs face big challenges in 2019?
A look at the challenges – and opportunities – that await airline chief executives in the year ahead
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Alaska maps out airport expansion at West Coast bases
Alaska Airlines has plans in place for larger facilities at its four major bases along the US West Coast.
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Alaska to decide in 2019 whether to retain two aircraft types
Alaska Air Group will decide in 2019 if it will continue operating both Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies or shift back to a single-type fleet, says chief operating officer Ben Minicucci.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Alaska reveals plan to regain financial strength
Alaska Air Group's top executives have finally laid out a plan they say will enable the company to regain the financial strength that eroded after its 2016 Virgin America acquisition.
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Southwest transfers all Paine Field flights to Alaska
Southwest Airlines will no longer begin planned service from Paine Field in Washington state, after transferring its five daily flights at the airport to Alaska Airlines.
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Alaska to cut 100 management staff: reports
Alaska Airlines plans to cut about 100 jobs as part of a management shakeup that comes as the carrier seeks to reverse its downward-trending financial results, according to reports.
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Alaska to operate majority of new Paine Field flights
Alaska Airlines will operate more than half of the 24 planned commercial flights from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, when service commences early next year.
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Alaska to leave Mexico City with end of Los Angeles flight
Alaska Airlines will cease service to Mexico City on 7 November when it ends twice-daily flights from Los Angeles, marking a complete retreat from what has been an increasingly-competitive market.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Embraer eyes Alaska, Spirit and United as E2 targets
Embraer has highlighted Alaska Airlines, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines as US carriers that would most benefit from operating the Brazilian company's new-generation E-Jets E2.
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Tower repeatedly demanded callsign of rogue Q400
Communications records from Seattle-Tacoma tower reveal a controller repeatedly demanded identification from a Bombardier turboprop lining up on the runway, as investigators probe the unauthorised departure of a Horizon Air Q400 from the airport.
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US awards 12 small airports grants for new flights
The US Department of Transportation has awarded nearly $10 million in grants to 12 small- and medium-sized airports to attract new air service.