Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines to End Flight Change Fees
Alaska follows major airlines United, American and Delta in permanently ending its ticket change fees
Alaska Airlines will permanently end flight change fees for domestic and international flights. The new change applies to all tickets except for Saver fares, or economy-price tickets with certain restrictions. Alaska, whose company headquarters are in the city of Sea-Tac, previously charged $125 to change a non-Saver flight, with the exception of those traveling on…
Alaska Airlines Plans to Hire Several Thousand New Employees This year
The projected openings cover a wide range of jobs, including pilots, flight attendants, customer-service agents and software engineers, the company says
Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier, regional airline Horizon Air, plan to hire some 2,800 employees this year across a range of jobs as the carrier continues to spread its wings as a major commercial airline company. The companys parent, Seattle-based Alaska Air Group, expects that most of the new jobs will be based at…
Alaska Spreads Its Wings at Everetts Paine Field by Adding Palm Springs Service
Airline has served 160,000 passengers out of the airport since launching flight service in March
Alaska Airlines will begin daily nonstop service from Paine Field in Everett to Palm Springs, California beginning Nov. 5, adding a ninth destination to the airlines service roster at the Snohomish County airport. Paine Field earlier this year unveiled a new passenger terminal as a prelude to launching commercial flight services by Alaska and United…
Alaska Airlines Is Awaiting Delivery of Nearly Three Dozen Now-Grounded Boeing 737 Max Aircraft
Airline is taking a wait-and-see attitude about the future of the pending purchase commitments
The Boeing 737 Max aircraft crisis touches another aviation company with major operations in Seattle: Alaska Airlines, which has purchase commitments for 32 of the aircraft. The first delivery of a Max jet to Alaska is scheduled for this summer. The balance of aircraft are slated to be delivered through 2023, according to a company…
Alaska Airlines to Begin Paine Field Service Next Year
Destinations not announced, but carrier plans nine daily flights.
Alaska Airlines says it will begin service from Paine Field in Everett in the fall of 2018. In a news release, Alaska CEO Brad Tilden says, “As our region continues to grow at a record pace and Sea-Tac Airport nears capacity, the time is right to bring air service to our valued guests living in…
Final Analysis: The Improbable Marriage
Alaskas union with Virgin America seems odd, but the outcome will ultimately be unsurprising.
Despite its origins in the rugged north country, Alaska Airlines is a button-down shirt and wingtips. As recently as five years ago, it distributed Bible verses with its in-flight meals. Virgin America, meanwhile, with a provenance linked to the flamboyant entrepreneur Richard Branson, is more T-shirt and flip-flops. Its aircraft have leather seats and 12…