Alaska Airlines

The carrier has launched intrastate services with Embraer E175 jets.

The US west coast carrier bolsters the global alliance's network.

Alaska Airlines announced plans to officially join the oneworld alliance on March 31, 2021. A blog posted to the Seattle-based carrier’s website Oct

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week: RwandAir swaps Gatwick for Heathrow, Ukraine International Airlines returns to New York via Iceland, and Alaska Airlines adds another sun route from Los Angeles.

Delta Air Lines is the airport’s primary tenant and will use 25 gates at the newly built terminal.

Alaska Air Group now expects to join the oneworld alliance in early 2021, marking a slight delay from previous plans to join later in 2020.

Outdoor ski locale in Wyoming could prove popular even in the face of the pandemic, Alaska believes.

American Airlines plans to serve Shanghai daily from Seattle as it further builds its long-haul network from the West Coast US city.

Alaska Airlines sees its 2020 third-quarter (Q3) capacity improving to half of its corresponding 2019 level, incrementally restoring flights while other U.S. carriers trim their schedules.

The US carriers are this month expanding their codeshare partnership to cover a further 60 routes.

Lawmakers warn mass US airline industry layoffs could occur this fall.

Sixteen Republican Senators signed on to a letter urging the chamber’s leadership to extend the CARES Act Payroll Support Program (PSP) until March 2021, signaling growing bipartisan consensus that more aid will be needed to avert mass layoffs this fall.

Alaska Air Group admits its goal to join oneworld by year-end is aggressive, but the company is eager to cement its place in the alliance as well as its partnership with American Airlines.

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The chances of involuntary pilot furloughs at Alaska Airlines in the fall have significantly diminished after management and union representatives from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) agreed to a series of incentivized leave and early retirement programs.

Alaska Airlines is beefing up its network from San Diego with the addition of three new routes.

Boosting its presence at Los Angeles International is tied to Alaska's plan to join the oneworld alliance.

Alaska Airlines announced seven new routes from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), part of a 12-city expansion planned in fall 2020 from the crowded Southern California hub.

Alaska, American and United also slow pace of growth.

The announcement comes less than a week after the Treasury agreed to terms with five of the other largest carriers in the US.

Alaska Airlines is steadily reducing its cash burn and is on track to be back in the black sometime in 2021, Alaska Air Group president and CEO Brad Tilden said.

Alaska Airlines expects to operate half of last year’s scheduled capacity by August, as the demand outlook for domestic air travel continues to improve.

If long-standing disagreements could be put aside, an Emirates tie-up with a US airline is possible, Clark says

Recent fleet and training decisions at Alaska Airlines indicate plans for a future business model oriented almost exclusively around Boeing and the 737.

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