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Alaska Airlines Vacations Announces ''Kids Fly Free To Disneyland Resort''
11/19/2008 10:26a.m.(PT)
Alaska Airlines Vacations today launched its newest ''Kids Fly Free to The DisneylandŽ Resort'' program, offering great savings on family travel to Southern California during 2009.

Delta Air Lines, Alaska Air Group Announce Expanded Marketing Alliance
11/19/2008 9:29a.m.(PT)
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) CEO Richard Anderson and Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK) Chairman and CEO Bill Ayer today announced an agreement in principle to amend their marketing agreement to make the airlines preferred alliance partners on the West Coast.

Alaska Air Group Names Thomas Nunn Vice President Of Safety
11/7/2008 10:29a.m.(PT)
Alaska Air Group today announced the election of Thomas Nunn as vice president of safety.

Alaska Airlines Vacations Offers Three Nights Free At The Walt Disney WorldŽ Resort In Florida
11/7/2008 8:38a.m.(PT)
A family vacation to The Walt Disney WorldŽ Resort in Florida just got more affordable thanks to Alaska Airlines Vacations.

Alaska Air Group To Webcast Presentation At Imperial Capital's Global Opportunities Conference
11/7/2008 8:35a.m.(PT)
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK), the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., today announced it will webcast a presentation given by Brandon Pedersen, Alaska's vice president of finance and controller, at the Imperial Capital Global Opportunities Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, in New York.

Alaska Air Group Reports October Traffic
11/5/2008 4:54p.m.(PT)
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) today reported October passenger traffic for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon).

Alaska Airlines Inaugurates Anchorage-Maui Service
10/31/2008 8:12a.m.(PT)
Alaska Airlines today inaugurates seasonal service between Anchorage and Kahului, Hawaii, on the island of Maui. The flights, which operate three days a week, continue through April 25, 2009.

Pendleton Gets Taste of What Might Have Been: Horizon Air Q400s Arrive, But for 5 Weeks Only
10/27/2008 7:17a.m.(PT)
Starting tomorrow, Oct. 28, Horizon Air will begin flying direct flights from Pendleton to Seattle with 76-seat Q400s, upgrading from the 37-seat Q200s it previously flew to Portland.

Alaska Airlines Links Seattle-Minneapolis St. Paul
10/26/2008 8:07a.m.(PT)
Alaska Airlines today inaugurated service between Seattle and Minneapolis/St. Paul with twice daily flights to and from the Twin Cities.

Alaska Air Group Reports Third Quarter Results
10/23/2008 5:00a.m.(PT)
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) today reported a net loss of $86.5 million for the third quarter of 2008, compared to net income of $81.8 million in 2007. Excluding special items, the company reported a third quarter net profit of $39.9 million, or $1.10 per diluted share, compared to $78.8 million, or $1.93 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2007.

Archived News Releases

Alaska Airlines Inaugurates Service From Seattle To Kona, On Hawaii's Big Island
11/17/2008 8:10a.m.(PT)
Alaska Airlines today will inaugurate daily, year-round service between Seattle and Kona on Hawaii's Big Island.

Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air Announce Winter Escape Sale
11/14/2008 8:37a.m.(PT)
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have launched a ''Winter Escape'' sale featuring low fares to many of the carriers'destinations in the Lower 48, Canada and Mexico. The fares start as low as $49 each way.

Mexican Fiesta: Alaska Celebrates Two Decades of Service South of the Border, Honors 8 Original Employees
10/22/2008 10:51a.m.(PT)
Alaska Airlines celebrated two decades of flying to Mexico with a banquet Oct. 15 in Puerto Vallarta attended by about 100 current and former employees, their guests and dignitaries.

Alaska Airlines First Officer Helps Fight Poverty With Model Eco-village in Liberia
10/13/2008 6:29p.m.(PT)
Los Angeles-based First Officer Peter Gbelia may fly jets for a living, but the focus of his life is helping people on the other side of the world rise out of desperate poverty.

A Legacy of Caring: EAF Founder Retires After 18 Years of Saving Lives, Homes and Peace of Mind
10/7/2008 5:06p.m.(PT)
When Captain Al Brunelle stepped down as chairman of the Employee Assistance Fund last week, he left behind a legacy of caring that will live on in the hearts of Alaska Airlines employees and their families for years to come.

Summer Session: College Interns Work on Projects While Learning About Alaska Airlines
10/6/2008 11:36a.m.(PT)
Among the new faces at Alaska Airlines' offices in Seattle this past summer were 19 college interns.

Alaska Achieves Best On-Time Rate in More Than a Decade
10/2/2008 3:09p.m.(PT)
With 87.8 percent of flights running on time, Alaska Airlines achieved its best month for on-time performance in September in at least a decade, according to unofficial internal numbers.

Touchdown: Alaska Jet Makes First Landing on Sea-Tac's New Third Runway
10/2/2008 3:04p.m.(PT)
An Alaska Airlines 737-800 comes in for the first landing by a commercial passenger jet at Sea-Tac's new third runway.

Alaska Airlines Debuts Convenient Online Calendar To Help Travelers Find Lowest Fares
7/28/2008 9:15a.m.(PT)
Alaska Airlines has unveiled a new ''Low Fare Calendar'' search option on its Web site that quickly displays the lowest fare available for a chosen destination over a range of dates.

Climbing to new heights to help underprivileged girls
7/23/2008 4:09p.m.(PT)
Horizon pilot Phil Wiltse was part of a group of seven climbers that summited Nepal's Mera Peak in May to raise money for the Little Sisters Fund, a scholarship fund for underprivileged girls in Nepal.

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