Alaska turns to longtime partner Recaro for 737-800, MAX 8 retrofits
Responding to growing demand, Alaska Airlines recently announced plans to bolster premium seating capacity on more than 200 Boeing 737s, inc... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Alaska
Press Release: Alaska delights with surprise upgrades to Premium
Every day this summer, Alaska Airlines is surprising and delighting at least one guest seated in our Main Cabin with an upgrade to Premium C... Continue Reading
Resuming MAX 9 flying, Alaska Airlines vows to inspect new jets
As it resumed flying the Boeing 737 MAX 9 yesterday, Alaska Airlines vowed to incorporate door plug inspections into its induction of any ne... Continue Reading
Alaska and United discover loose door plug hardware on some MAX 9s
Alaska Airlines and United Airlines have discovered loose door plug hardware on some of their Boeing 737 MAX 9 twinjets during preliminary i... Continue Reading
NTSB begins probe of Alaska MAX 9 door plug blowout amid grounding
Investigating why an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 experienced a mid-air blowout of an emergency door plug, the US National Transportatio... Continue Reading
Alaska Airlines temporarily grounds 737 MAX 9s after mid-air incident
Alaska Airlines has temporarily grounded its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, after one of the twinjets, registered N704AL, was forced... Continue Reading
Delta versus Alaska on each carrier’s Boeing 737-900ER
With US airlines offering generous ticket flexibility in a post-Covid world, I find myself splitting trips between multiple airlines more th... Continue Reading
Three-aircraft adventure on Alaska highlights product consistency work
With a stash of rapidly expiring credits I decided to do a triangle routing on Alaska Airlines’ various mainline jets to get a feel fo... Continue Reading
Press Release: Alaska transitions from plastic to paper cups
Alaska Airlines announced today the completion of our transition to paper cups for inflight beverages, a move which eliminates more than 55 ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Northern Pacific kicks off demonstration tour
Sporting a distinctive livery design, the first of the fleet’s newly refurbished 757-200s took off today from Ontario, California to conduct... Continue Reading
Press Release: Iridium optimizing live video over Certus with AnsuR
Iridium Communications Inc. today announced AnsuR Technologies as a Value-Added Developer (VAD) providing optimized video software solutions... Continue Reading
Northern Pacific CEO sees 757 service launch this year
If all goes right, there will be a brand new airline plying the skies between the continental US, Alaska, and northern Asia later this year.... Continue Reading
Telesat eyes regional launch of Lightspeed-powered IFC in 2024
Now a public company, Canada’s Telesat Corporation says its dual-listing on NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange will enhance its abi... Continue Reading
Press Release: Mary Rogozinski appointed to NetForecast director role
NetForecast, a leading provider of Internet performance measurement services, has named Mary Rogozinski as Director of Aviation Business Dev... Continue Reading
Alaska Airlines’ service and soft product pull through again
Sometimes plans change. Originally I was to fly out and back from Seattle to Portland, Oregon during a single day, stay at home for a night,... Continue Reading