Alaska Airlines

The carrier is seeing a surge in leisure demand, but business travel continues to be anemic.

Alaska Air Group believes it is on a path to reach profitability in the third quarter, driven by a robust recovery in U.S. leisure demand.

Alaska can now offer passengers expansive international route itineraries.

Airline executives indicate the US industry could be nearing pre-COVID traffic levels later this year.

The new routes will be operated be wholly owned regional carrier Horizon Air.

The airline sees demand for outdoor activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The airline will add 13 MAXs to its network this year.

A group of major U.S. carriers announced plans to implement voluntary contract tracing for international arrivals, part of a Biden administration effort to better track and contain the spread of COVID-19 through commercial air travel.

Alaska Air Group plans to deploy 80% of its pre-pandemic capacity this summer, reflecting new optimism that an inflection point in travel demand will occur sometime during the first half of 2021.

The airline took delivery of the first of 68 Boeing 737-9s it has on order.

Alaska Airlines on Jan. 25 took delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX jet, as it prepares to inaugurate passenger service utilizing the model beginning March 1.

Additional international services are returning to the Gulf carriers’ route maps.

Boeing handed over 24 737 MAXs from its stored inventory in December 2020 but lost customers for nearly as many already-built aircraft, an Aviation Week analysis shows.

The carrier also plans LAX-Austin, Texas service.

Qatar Airways plans to deepen cooperation with Oman Air and LATAM Airlines Brasil while also bringing forward the launch of its new route to Seattle.

Alaska Airlines reached an agreement in principle with Boeing to take as many as 120 new 737-9 jets in coming years, marking the first sale of a MAX aircraft to a U.S.-based customer since the type was grounded nearly two years ago.

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Routes to Las Vegas, Denver and San Francisco are being launched, while Phoenix becomes a year-round destination.

The planned launch of the service coincides with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines’ entry into the oneworld alliance.

Joining the oneworld alliance became necessary for Alaska Airlines, which long took pride in its independence, to give its customers access to the kind of network scale that matches competitors’ offerings in major markets such as Seattle (SEA) and Los Angeles (LAX), according to CEO Brad Tilden.

CEO Brad Tilden explains the airline's evolution in thinking on global alliances.

Routes looks at the top destinations and routes served by the Seattle-based carrier.

American Airlines shocked the commercial aviation industry earlier this year when it announced back-to-back partnerships with Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Airways.

Alaska Airlines agreed to lease 13 new Boeing 737-9s from Air Lease Corporation (ALC), providing a vote of confidence in Boeing less than a week after the FAA rescinded its grounding of the 737 MAX family.

Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden will retire in March 2021, with current Alaska president Ben Minicucci selected to succeed him as chief executive, the company announced Nov. 9.