Aviation

Alaska Airlines said “guests whose behavior was particularly egregious” during the pandemic will remain banned.

People who knew Richard Russell told FBI agents and other law enforcement personnel they had no information indicating they knew of his plans to steal or crash a Horizon Air plane, according to the records.

The airline may have a long climb to get above the clouds now shrouding its reputation for warm and reliable service. Alaska is short not only of pilots but also of flight attendants and customer service reps.

Law enforcement and a meteorologist with the National Weather Service say that what people saw was likely a condensation trail from an airplane that was illuminated by the rising sun.

JetBlue, Southwest, Alaska Airlines, Frontier, Spirit and American Airlines were most affected, according to FlightAware, with JetBlue and Spirit canceling one-third of Sunday’s scheduled flights.

Cancellations were continuing on Monday, according to FlightAware, including a handful to and from airports in Alaska.

Czech billionaire Petr Kellner and renowned guide Greg Harms died waiting for rescue delayed by a lack of immediate alerts, according to documents filed in separate federal court cases.

Alaska was offering 150% of pay to pilots willing to pick up extra flights, according to an Alaska vice president.

The agency recommends that all pilots be required to communicate their positions on a designated radio frequency when entering and exiting areas not controlled by air traffic control towers throughout Alaska.

Anchorage social media users on Saturday described flames coming out of the engine and loud booms.

Alaska Airlines guests, as of March 1, will not be able to earn miles on S7, and Alaska’s work to enable redemptions on S7 also will stop.

The company plans to place FlyCoin on cryptocurrency exchanges so they can be redeemed for cash.

An emergency beacon activated after the plane experienced a mechanical issue, prompting an expansive, costly search effort that consumed significant rescue resources, said a troopers spokesman.

The municipality and the state transportation department are working toward a possible agreement to transfer ownership of the Birchwood Airport. Currently Anchorage oversees one airport, Merrill Field.

The airport also nearly doubled its passenger traffic in 2021 from the year before, but the numbers were still about 20% below the pre-pandemic levels of 2019.

Jim Szczesniak was appointed by former Gov. Bill Walker in early 2018 to lead the state-owned airport, one of the busiest cargo hubs in the world.

Alaska Air regional carrier Horizon was forced to cancel all commercial flights in and out of Paine Field in Everett because of limitations on low-visibility flying imposed to avoid 5G interference.

The 19-year-old landed in Anchorage in September during a brief stop on her 155-day quest.

An NTSB investigation showed the fire was started by wiring in the aircraft that was installed as part of a federally funded experimental safety program.

But the prospect of a large number of canceled flights if bad weather returns at Sea-Tac is not entirely lifted.