Alaska Air suffered another big quarterly loss, but has stopped the cash bleed
The parent company of Alaska Airlines on Thursday reported another big loss in the first quarter of 2021, yet offered a ray of hope that an airline recovery is in sight.
Alaska Airlines targets ‘net zero’ carbon emissions by 2040
With Alaska’s route network heavily focused on the West Coast and its passengers therefore more likely to be aware of climate change, the airline seeks to be a U.S. leader on the issue.
Most Alaska Air executives’ pay in 2020 cut by massive airline downturn
Three out of the four most highly paid executives at Alaska Air took pay cuts in a year when the airline lost $1.3 billion due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alaska Airlines CEO Tilden hands off a transformed company as it emerges from the COVID crisis
Retiring Brad Tilden, who will stay on as board chairman, said he’ll step away from any day-to-day management.
Big snow in Seattle and ice storm in Portland hobbled Alaska Airlines operations at Sea-Tac
The snowstorm that hit the Pacific Northwest last week dropped more than a foot of snow at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and left airlines struggling to maintain their schedules.
Boeing suffers massive $11.9 billion loss in 2020, largest in its history
Hit both by the grounding of the 737 MAX and the global pandemic that paralyzed its airline customers, Boeing suffered a massive net loss last year.
Alaska Air Group reports $1.3 billion loss in 2020 but forecasts strong recovery this year
Financial results released Tuesday by Alaska Air, parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, show total revenue down 64% and an unexpected loss of $430 million in the final quarter.
Alaska Airlines orders more Boeing 737 MAXs to replace most of its Airbus jets
Alaska plans to have its first MAX enter service in March, with five more by summer 2021 and another seven by year end.
Alaska Airlines adds more 737 Max jets, the first carrier to do so after FAA clearance
The transaction indicates that airlines willing to take new jets in the middle of a historic aviation downturn can get excellent discounted deals.
Airlines offer reassurances about the 737 Max — and flexibility for travelers who don’t want to board one
According to an internal memo sent Sunday to Alaska Airlines pilots, the carrier plans to take its first 737-9 Max delivery early next year and start flying it in service by the end of March.
Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden stepping down in March
He will be succeeded by his second-in-command, Ben Minicucci, Alaska Airlines' president and also a member of the Alaska Air board.
FAA chief pilots test flight in Boeing 737 MAX, says he likes the jet’s updated handling systems
The flight included activation of the flight control software that went wrong on the MAX crash flights in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people.