Alaska Airlines makes bigger play for Los Angeles with 8 new routes from LAX

There are big competitive changes coming to Los Angeles International Airport this fall, and everyone seemingly wants in on the action. Alaska Airlines plans to fly 35 routes from Los Angeles (LAX) — its most ever — by the year’s end. That will come after eight new routes that will launch between September and December, […]
Alaska Airlines añade 12 rutas desde LAX

Alaska Airlines amplió la cantidad de rutas ofrecidas desde el Aeropuerto Internacional de Los Ángeles (LAX) para este invierno, luego de anunciar siete nuevos vuelos a destinos tradicionales para vacacionar. En total, la aerolínea agregó ocho nuevos servicios y reanudó cuatro más, por lo que espera operar 35 vuelos sin escala desde LAX entre septiembre […]
Una aerolínea usa tarjetas como las del fútbol con los pasajeros rebeldes

La compañía Alaska Airlines encontró una manera deportiva de evitar problemas con los pasajeros conflictivos: si se niegan a usar una mascarilla durante el vuelo se les entregará una tarjeta amarilla. Si persisten en su negativa, se les prohibirá viajar en el futuro. Más o menos como en el fútbol. La aerolínea explicó en su […]
Alaska Airlines se une a Oneworld y amplía el código compartido con American Airlines

Alaska Airlines y American Airlines anunciaron una alianza para crear más opciones para los clientes de la costa oeste de Estados Unidos. Además, Alaska tiene la intención de unirse a la alianza oneworld en el invierno boreal de 2021, que le permite a Alaska ofrecer más de 1,200 destinos en todo el mundo. American lanzará […]
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines Announce New West Coast International Alliance

Today, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines announce an alliance to create more choice for West Coast customers. The expanded relationship between the airlines will offer customers several benefits, including: Alaska Airlines intends to join the oneworld® alliance, the world’s fastest growing and most highly rated global airline alliance, by summer 2021, which will connect Alaska […]
Alaska Airlines Launches Annual Holiday Sweater Priority Boarding

Alaska Airlines is spreading holiday cheer by offering guests wearing any kind of holiday sweater priority boarding on Dec. 20, National Ugly Sweater Day. The one-day promotion will be celebrated by guests and employees alike and includes all Alaska and Horizon Air flights. Alaska is celebrating the holidays throughout December, with festive décor and boarding […]
Alaska Airlines separates president and COO role

Alaska Air Group has announced a series of leadership changes, splitting the president and COO role at Alaska Airlines and naming a new president to the group’s regional subsidiary Horizon Air. The Seattle-based group announced Nov. 8 that Alaska Airlines president Ben Minicucci—who oversaw the carrier’s acquisition and integration of Virgin America—will relinquish his role […]
Alaska Airlines Asks Passengers to Bring Their Own Water Bottle

Alaska Airlines is slowly trying to ingratiate its passengers into a BYOB program. But not the kind of bottle you’re thinking of. The airline has launched #FillBeforeYouFly, a campaign designed to reduce single-use plastic bottles by asking passengers to bring their own reusable water bottles and fill them prior to the flight. “We’re passionate about […]
Alaska Airlines Expanding West Coast Service Between California, Pacific Northwest and Alaska

With tickets already on sale, Alaska Airlines will begin flying eight new West-Coast routes in early January 2020, which will provide daily, nonstop departures that link Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana in the north with San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego in the south. With this new, nonstop jet service, Alaska Airlines aims […]
Alaska Airlines, technicians ratify final transition agreement

Alaska Airlines’ 900 Airbus and Boeing aircraft technicians, represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), have ratified a transition agreement and an integrated seniority list. This ratification vote will combine the Airbus and Boeing technicians into a single group, a crucial step in the Alaska-Virgin America merger, which was finalized in December 2016. According […]