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  Alaska Journal of Commerce Online
Alaska Airlines may receive a $500,000 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration for a failure to maintain passenger emergency exit lights on one of its aircraft.
The FAA announced Jan. 7 that the airline failed to maintain the passenger emergency exit lights on one of its Boeing 737s and allegedly operated the passenger aircraft on 478 flights with the wrong lights.
According to Alaska Airlines officials, a mechanic replaced a landing light while the aircraft was on the ground before the flight.
www.alaskajournal.com /stories/012206/hom_20060122010.shtml   (413 words)

  
 Alaska Journal of Commerce Online
Alaska Airlines is showing the rest of the industry how to cut losses and make progress in the passenger market, while other major airlines nationally creep through bankruptcy.
Alaska Airlines' passenger traffic in the fourth quarter increased 1.1 percent and its operating costs per available seat mile, excluding fuel and impairment charges, increased 1.1 percent.
Alaska Airlines operations officials said that rising costs at the Seattle-Tacoma airport were a concern, as were a recent rash of ramp incidents at the airport.
www.alaskajournal.com /stories/021206/hom_20060212003.shtml   (654 words)

  
 Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines is planning to add six more flights per week to destinations in Mexico from its West Coast hubs in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Alaska Airlines has announced that it is exceeding targets for punctuality in 2006 and claimed that the company had successfully "turned the corner".
Alaska Airlines could be about to cut its costs in a move that could lead to lower fares for passengers.
news.cheapflights.com /airlines/alaska_airlines   (5806 words)

  
 Alaska Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 (serving all five LA-area airports).
Alaska Airlines' regional carrier, Horizon Air, is closely integrated into Alaska's operations, with Alaska and Horizon sharing many routes.
Alaska operates a fleet of Boeing 737 and MD-80 (under McDonnell Douglas when purchased or leased) jets which is one of the youngest among all major airlines.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alaska_Airlines   (1363 words)

  
 CNN.com - Maintenance key focus of Alaska Airlines hearings - December 10, 2000
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Alaska Airlines and Boeing Co. face tough questions at hearings this week on the maintenance and design of key tail components in the MD-80 airliner that crashed off California last January, killing all 88 people on board.
Alaska Airlines is the nation's 10th largest carrier and a subsidiary of Seattle-based Alaska Air Group.
Maintenance records also show the airline nearly replaced the jackscrew mechanism on the aircraft in 1997 because it failed a test for wear but decided not to after repeat testing showed wear was within the carrier's accepted tolerances.
archives.cnn.com /2000/US/12/10/crash.alaska.reut/index.html   (944 words)

  
 Alaska Air Group News Room
Alaska Airlines Vacations today announced it has significantly expanded the number of ground tours it offers in some of the state of Alaska's most popular destinations.
Alaska Airlines has made a voluntary contribution of $50 million in cash to four defined benefit pension plans covering 7,300 employees in its airport, dispatch, maintenance, management and pilot work groups.
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 Brad Tilden, Alaska's executive vice president of finance and chief financial officer, at the Calyon Securities U.S. Airline Conference on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, in New York.
www.alaskasworld.com /newsroom/asnews   (397 words)

  
 SitNews - Alaska Airlines Lands World's Largest King Salmon
Complete with shiny scales, a dorsal fin and gills, the livery on the Alaska Airlines 737-400 passenger aircraft is the result of a dedicated team of 30 painters working nearly nonstop for 24 days.
The "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon" aircraft was greeted in Seattle by thousands of Alaska Airlines employees, guests and dignitaries during a salmon homecoming event at the airline's maintenance hangar.
Alaska Airlines and sister carrier, Horizon Air, together serve 88 cities through an expansive network throughout Alaska, the Lower 48, Canada and Mexico.
www.sitnews.us /1005news/100305/100305_alaska.html   (969 words)

  
 Alaskas World - Default   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Alaska Airlines is striving to make sure that doesn’t happen with its goals for 2007 by implementing an aggressive, new approach to achieving them.
The days when Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air employees had to hunt through dozens of Web pages to report a computer problem, order new software or read up on the airline's e-mail policy came to an end today with the launch of the new IT Help Desk Web site..
Alaska Airlines finalized a lease for a new Phoenix Reservations Center on the south side of Phoenix, about seven miles from the reservation center’s current location in suburban Tempe.
www.alaskasworld.com   (330 words)

  
 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a flight route operated by Alaska Airlines that provided service between Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, San Francisco International Airport, and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
After discussions with airline mechanics and dispatchers on the ground, the crew decided to divert the flight to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
A possible contributing factor in the crash was the method that Alaska Airlines used to check for wear of the jackscrew assembly.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261   (732 words)

  
 CNN - Both Alaska Airlines recorders recovered; crash site being mapped - February 3, 2000
Employees of Alaska Airlines and a sister carrier, Horizon Air, planned to observe a moment of silence Thursday in memory of the victims of Flight 261 at 4:36 p.m.
Airline spokesman Jack Evans in Seattle denied the report: "We stand by what we said earlier this week, which is that we're not aware of any maintenance anomalies with this aircraft."
The plane is part of the same series of aircraft as the Alaska Airlines MD-83 that crashed.
www.cnn.com /2000/US/02/03/alaska.airlines.06/index.html   (1357 words)

  
 Alaska Airlines to Hawaii?
One of the United States' largest regional carriers, Alaska Airlines has its sights set on inaugurating new long-distance services, possibly to include direct flights to Hawaii.
The airline is moving closer to gaining specific certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly long, isolated routes across vast bodies of water, which would allow it to serve the Islands and destinations in Central America.
Alaska's current certificate does not allow planes to travel more than 50 miles from land, but having recently completed a mock emergency water landing to satisfy the FAA that it was capable of doing so, airline bosses are hopeful of securing the new permissions.
news.cheapflights.com /airlines/2006/09/alaska_airlines.html   (352 words)

  
 Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Company Store - Product Catalog
This Sky Marks 737/400 Disney Alaska Airlines model is made from durable plastic and requires no gluing.
This Alaska Airlines diecast is brought to us by Gemini Jets and is 1:400 scale.
It is a perfectly scaled replica of the Alaska Airlines 737/900.
companystore.alaskasworld.com /SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=83   (225 words)

  
 Alaska airlines
Be sure to check out the Alaska Cruise Finder for cruises between Vancouver, BC and Whittier or Seward Alaska with Princess Cruises or Holland America Line.
Some of the airlines that fly to Alaska are Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines.
Since so many Alaska communities are not connected to the road system small regional air carriers serve an important role in Alaska transportation.
www.alaskatravel.com /alaska-airlines.html   (345 words)

  
 Alaska Airlines Discount Airline Tickets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Alaska is one of the most respected airline in the nation which raised from a small region, and has a great reputation for its outstanding services contributed for the community.
Alaska Airlines incorporation with its sister carrier Horizon Airlines provides passenger and cargo services to more than 80 cities in Alaska, Canada and Mexico.
You can save mileage plan miles when you fly on Alaska Airlines or Horizon airlines and the number of miles depends when you travel from one city to another and hence you can get benefits.
www.airlinesreview.net /AlaskaAirlines   (339 words)

  
 Alaska Tour and Travel ~ vacations, hotels, tours, cruises and railroad trips.
Alaska cruises are more popular then ever, and we also have a great selection of pre and post cruise tour packages designed to connect will all the major cruise lines.
Alaska Tour and Travel represents top Alaska tourism suppliers offering Alaska lodging choices such as the Denali Bluffs Hotel, and popular day trip operators like Kenai Fjords Tours.
For those who want to travel though Alaska with an experienced local guide we have several fully escorted vacation packages to choose from.
www.alaskatravel.com   (534 words)

  
 Alaska Virtual Airlines
Along with the regional airlines – Horizon, Pen Air and Era Aviation, pilots will be able to experience the routes and aircraft of their favorite airlines.
Alaska Virtual Airlines will never be a robotic site, you the pilot will always come first.
W hich is part of the NWVA et al group of Virtual Airlines, and meets all requirements of Alaska Airlines.
asva.nwva.org /asvahome.htm   (573 words)

  
 Alaska Airlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Alaska Airlines not only hurt its employees, but also its customers in their quest in chasing a cheap fix to their financial woes.
Alaska was second in 2002 and 2003 and number 1 in 2001.
This, coincidentally, is not a new phenomena to Alaska Airlines.
www.iam143.org /alaska_airlines.htm   (10486 words)

  
 FFRF Action Alert
Members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation members traveling on Alaska Airlines have complained for at least two decades about the habitual distribution of "prayer cards" with food during flights.
Help educate this airline about the fact that many of its paying customers are not religious, or prefer other religious teachings, and are startled and offended to be proselytized as the ultimate captive in-flight audience!
If not, can't they see their bible quotations are equally offensive to the 14% of U.S. residents who are not religious (see: ARIS Article), the 16% of Canadian citizens who travel on Alaska airlines but are not religious (last census), and the many religiously diverse customers who do not subscribe to the Old Testament?
www.ffrf.org /action/alaska_airlines.php   (261 words)

  
 Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines has teamed-up with priceline to provide the lowest fares for the most Alaska Airlines customers.
Alaska Airlines entered the airline business in 1932 firmly dedicated to providing fast and reliable service throughout North America.
Alaska Airlines serves 55 destinations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.
airlines.priceline.com /airlines/alaska-airlines.html   (175 words)

  
 Alaska's 411 Business Yellow Pages - Category: Airlines & Reservations
Alaska is the nation's 9th largest airline carrier, operating major hubs in Anchorage AK, Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles.
At Alaska 411 Business Listings, Our goal is to provide the most complete, accurate, fast, and completely free internet Alaska directory assistance for all of Alaska.
That, and any other use of the The-Alaska-Yellow-Pages.com website, Alaska 411, or airlines data, is strictly prohibited, including, but not limited to, telemarketing, mass emailing, uploading obscene material, or any illegal purpose.
www.alaska.net /~glb/411-airlines.html   (375 words)

  
 Hawaiian Airlines : Airline Partner Program - Alaska Mileage Plan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air reserve the right to change the Mileage Plan program at any time without notice.
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air are not responsible for products or services offered by other participating companies.
Passengers taking any flights with Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air or redeeming miles with Mileage Plan shall be deemed to accept the conditions of carriage of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air and the terms and conditions of the Mileage Plan.
www.hawaiianair.com /hawaiianmiles/ffprograms/alaskamileageplan.asp   (228 words)

  
 Alaska Airlines Tickets, Online Reservations, Compare Airfares
This powerful combination of technology and the human touch provides the best prices, most flexibility, and a one-stop solution for Alaska Airlines airline tickets.
The information we ask for in your profile is strictly for use in booking airline tickets on our system.
It provides us with information to easily process your Alaska Airlines airline ticket requests and will not be used for unsolicited mailings or distributed to any other company.
www.travelersnet.com /airlines/alaska-airlines-tickets.htm   (201 words)

  
 Alaska 's Best - Directions
Kade is the editor of "Alaska's Best" and owner of Multimakers - a World Wide Web and Multimedia Design company in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Alaska is not like that by the way, everyone here is extremely proud of the state flag, and it is displayed generously.
When deciding to come to Alaska, I traded my car for a Geo Tracker, a four-wheel drive vehicle with a wide enough wheel base that it rarely tips even though it is small.
www.alaskasbest.com /direct.htm   (1814 words)

  
 Alaska Virtual - Discover the Last Frontier
We are a virtual airline based on the operations of Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, Era Aviation, and Peninsula Airways.
We are part of the SimAirline.net group of virtual airlines, which allows pilots to conveniently fly for all of the virtual airlines in the organization.
In no way are we affiliated with Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, or their affiliates.
www.simairline.net /alaska   (256 words)

  
 Alaska.com | Alaska Travel, Jobs, Homes, Fishing, Hiking and more...
Alaska Travel, Jobs, Homes, Fishing, Hiking and more...
Aurora fans head North in the winter searching for the best view of the northern lights, flipping and waving through the sky.
Angler's are drawn not just by the size of Alaska's fish, but also the variety.
www.alaska.com   (289 words)

  
 POP! PR Jots: The PR Issue Behind Alaska Airlines Decompression - by Jeremy Pepper
I don't know which PR firm Alaska Airlines uses, but if I were them I'ld sure be looking for a PR firm that was blog savvy.
Aldon, according to the O'Dwyer Database, Alaska's PR firm is Wong Doody, or at least for advertising and marketing.
For an airline, it's not if, but when someone is going to have to deal with the public in a very unpleasant way.
pop-pr.blogspot.com /2005/12/pr-issue-behind-alaska-airlines.html   (1728 words)

  
 Alaska vacation newsletter~Alaska TravelGram~Alaska Airlines, cruises, fishing, Anchorage information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Is Alaska Airlines the only way to get to Alaska?
The groomed cross-country trails around Anchorage is one of the things that makes Alaska's biggest city a great place to live.
Fly Alaska Airlines 2-for-1 from Juneau, then enjoy comfy accommodations at the Glacier Bay Lodge.
www.alaskatravelgram.com   (1508 words)

  
 Southeast Alaska Travel Information and Maps
For most Southeast communities, the principal means of transportation is either by air or sea.
- Alaska Airlines is the major airlines for most of Southeast.
The airlines flies into Yakutat, Glacier Bay, Petersburg, Juneau, Sitka, Wrangell and Ketchikan.
www.alaskatravelers.com /areamap.htm   (304 words)

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