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
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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
Press Release: Alaska Airlines menu sees return of Main Cabin hot meals
Alaska Airlines is elevating its premium onboard menu with the return of hot meals to our inflight retail menu in the Main Cabin. Fueled by ... 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
Press Release: Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines to merge
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK), and Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HA) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreem... 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
OneWeb postpones inflight connectivity service launch to early 2024
OneWeb has pushed back the planned start date for its Ku-band Low Earth Orbit satellite-based inflight connectivity service to early 2024, b... 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
Stellar Blu Solutions advances STC work for multi-orbit ESA
Stellar Blu Solutions, which provides satcom terminals in aviation, expects to receive supplemental type certifications for its new Ku-band,... Continue Reading
End of an era as Horizon Air retires the last of its Q400 turboprops
The Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 fleet, once a ubiquitous sight in the Pacific Northwest, is no more. The airplanes retired from the commuter... Continue Reading
Alaska picks Intelsat multi-orbit satcom for E175s, in industry first
Alaska Airlines and Intelsat started off the week with a bang as the carrier revealed it will equip the Embraer E175s flown by its regional ... 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