Alaska Airlines
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Alaska Airlines, based in Seattle, Washington, USA, has grown from a small regional airline to one carrying more than 12 million customers per year. It has hubs at Portland International Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, as well as large operations at Los Angeles International Airport and Vancouver International Airport.
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Alaska's route system spans more than 40 cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. They formerly flew to the Russian Far East.
Alaska's reputation for outstanding service consistently earns best U.S. airline recognition from sources such as Travel&Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler magazines. The airline is considered an early adopter of technology, and was one of the first to sell tickets at their own website, allow web check-in, and install self check-in kiosks at airports.
Alaska has historically been one of the largest carriers on the US west coast as well as to and within the State of Alaska, with strong presences in Seattle, Portland, the Bay Area and the Los Angeles Metro Area (all five airports). In about 2000, Alaska began providing long-haul routes to the East Coast. It currently offers nonstop service from Seattle to Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Miami, Orlando, Chicago, and Denver, with new service to Dallas, beginning July 19, 2005 .
Alaska Airlines' regional carrier, Horizon Air is closely integrated into Alaska'a operations, with Alaska and Horizon sharing many routes. Alaska and Horizon are owned by the same parent company, Alaska Air Group.
Accident
Its safety record rates a "A", the highest grade possible, according to Air Rankings Online (see rankings at Airline Rankings (http://www.airsafetyonline.com/safetycenter/reportcard.shtml)). Rankings are cumulatives, based on the number of fatal accidents per million flights that the carrier has flown since 1970.
Notwithstanding the above, on January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 plunged into the Pacific Ocean near Point Mugu, California shortly before attempting an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport en route from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to San Francisco and Seattle, killing all 88 people on board. This incident, along with the earlier ValuJet crash, led to closer FAA oversight of airline maintenance operations.
Destinations
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Mexico
- Cancun
- Guadalajara
- Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo
- Loreto
- Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas)
- Manzanillo/Costa Alegre
- Mazatlan
- Mexico City
- Puerto Vallarta
United States
Alaska
- Adak
- Anchorage (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport)
- Barrow
- Bethel
- Cordova
- Dillingham
- Dutch Harbor
- Fairbanks
- Glacier Bay/Gustavus
- Juneau
- Ketchikan
- King Salmon
- Kodiak
- Kotzebue
- Nome
- Petersburg
- Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay
- Sitka
- Wrangell
- Yakutat
Arizona
California
- Burbank (Bob Hope Airport)
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport)
- Oakland
- Ontario
- Orange County (Santa Ana/John Wayne Airport)
- Palm Springs
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Jose
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Massachusetts
Nevada
New Jersey
Serving New York City, New York:
Oregon
Texas
- Dallas/Fort Worth (Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport- Begins July 2005)
Virginia
Serving Washington, DC:
- Arlington County (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
- Chantilly (Washington Dulles International Airport)
Washington
Washington, DC
Fleet
The Alaska Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2005):
- 12 Boeing 737-900
- 2 Boeing 737-800
- 22 Boeing 737-700
- 40 Boeing 737-400
- 7 Boeing 737-200C
- 26 McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Alaska operates a fleet of Boeing 737 and MD-80 jets, which is one of the youngest among all major airlines. The airline had planned to phase out all of the MD-80 aircraft with new 737 models, but the difficult financial state of the airline industry in the early 2000s has kept the MD-80s in the fleet for now. Alaska was the launch customer for the 737-900 stretch variant and also uses 737-400 and 737-700 variants in the lower 48, plus 737-200 variants within the state of Alaska.
External Links
- Alaska Airlines (http://www.alaskaair.com/)
- Alaska Airlines Fleet Detail (http://www.planemad.net/Airline/US/Alaska_Airlines_(AS_ASA)/Fleet.htm)
- Alaska Airlines Passenger Opinions (http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/alaska.htm)
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