News releases
The releases are listed in chronological order and are archived by year.
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Aug 26, 2009'Nerd bird' also scheduled to fly between Portland and San Jose
Alaska Airlines today announced it will add a second daily flight between Austin, Texas, and San Jose, Calif., starting March 14, 2010. New daily service between the two cities is scheduled to...
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Aug 21, 2009
Alaska Airlines today renewed its request that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) open up its ongoing review of Virgin America's current and prospective citizenship status to public...
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Aug 12, 2009
Alaska Airlines today announced it will inaugurate daily service between Portland, Ore., and Chicago, starting Nov. 16, 2009. To celebrate, Alaska Airlines is offering $99 one-way fares on the new...
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Aug 6, 2009
Alaska Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) today jointly announced ratification of a two-year contract extension covering the airline's 658 aircraft technicians. The...
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Aug 4, 2009
Alaska Air Group, Inc. today reported July operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon). ALASKA AIRLINES Alaska reported an increase in load factor...
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Aug 4, 2009Low fares available to contiguous U.S., Hawai'i and Mexico
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have launched a fall sale featuring low fares to many of the carriers' destinations in the contiguous United States, Hawai'i and Mexico. "Alaska Airlines and...
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Aug 3, 2009Airline to add San Jose-Austin and Seattle-Houston daily nonstops in September
Alaska Airlines is expanding its service to the Lone Star State with new daily flights between Seattle and Austin, Texas, starting today and daily service between San Jose, Calif., and Austin...
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Jul 23, 2009Second Quarter Financial and Other Highlights: - Net income, excluding special items, was $26.5 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, compared to a net loss excluding special items of $14.1 million, or $0.39 per share, in the second quarter of 2008. This compares to a First Call mean estimate of $0.53 per share. - Net income under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) of $29.1 million, or $0.79 per diluted share, compared to net income of $63.1 million, or $1.74 per diluted share, in 2008. - $1.1 billion in unrestricted cash and marketable securities as of June 30, 2009. - Alaska ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Traditional Network Carriers" in 2009 by J.D. Power and Associates for the second year in a row. - Alaska was No. 1 in U.S. Department of Transportation on-time performance in April and May among major network carriers.
Alaska Air Group, Inc. today reported second quarter 2009 net income of $29.1 million, or $0.79 per diluted share, compared to net income of $63.1 million, or $1.74 per diluted share, in the...
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Jul 8, 2009Project with Port of Seattle, Boeing and FAA aims to reduce aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise through improved airport approach procedures
This summer Alaska Airlines began testing next-generation flight procedures at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) that will allow the airline and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, to...
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Jul 3, 2009
Alaska Airlines today will inaugurate service between Portland, Ore., and Maui. The thrice-weekly flights will expand to daily service starting Aug. 7, 2009. Flights from Portland will depart...