Alaska Airlines Atrium: The gateway to the home of the Seattle Kraken
Seattle’s hottest new destination? The Alaska Airlines Atrium—featuring iconic city views, 21,000-square-feet of glass, an Alaska tail fin, 475 solar panels and so much more! We’re proud to be part of the most sustainable arena in the world and a signatory of The Climate Pledge. SEA you there?
Couch getaways: Take a digital tour of San Diego
Wishing you could travel? Consider us your virtual genie. Every week, we’ll take you on a digital journey through our favorite Alaska destinations. Up next, San Diego.
Heartwarming inflight experience proves everything happens for a reason
When a guest who is blind and deaf traveled on an Alaska Airlines flight alone this week, a number of other guests, the flight crew and a very special 15-year-old girl worked together to make him feel comfortable and less alone. The result was a viral post on Facebook that had many people commenting that…
Here’s to one team, one goal in 2018
We recently closed the books on a very good 2017, and before we get too much further into 2018, I want to pause and reflect on what you, our customers, have helped create. Measured as a whole, 2017 was a remarkable year. We flew 44 million of you around this incredible country – and beyond…
13 signs you’re an Alaska Airlines super fan
Alaska Airlines “super fans” are easy to spot. They can be found carrying around their very own mini plane, or glued to the window trying to capture a photo of the airplane’s winglets. They can be overheard talking with a flight attendant like they are longtime friends, or saying, “I love Alaska Airlines!” when seated…
Alaska Airlines and Virgin America: Uniting to create the premier West Coast airline
When it comes to flying, there are airlines that get you from point A to point B, and then there are airlines that get you. At Alaska Airlines, and at Virgin America, it’s always been about the latter. Today two of the country’s favorite carriers announced their intention to merge, forming the premier airline for…
Alaska Airlines ranks No. 1 for third year in a row in The Wall Street Journal’s annual ‘Airline Scorecard’
Alaska Airlines is the best in the business, according to The Wall Street Journal’s 2015 Airline Scorecard. For the third year in a row, Alaska ranks No. 1 among the nine largest carriers in the United States. Alaska Airlines is best for on-time arrivals, fewest extreme delays, fewest 2-hour tarmac delays, and fewest complaints, according…
Behind the scenes: Alaska Airlines’ flight attendant training
It’s more than serving sodas and hot meals – when Alaska Airlines’ flight attendants take to the skies they are ready to fight fires, save lives and take on any obstacle. In fact, learning to serve customers in flight only accounts for a fraction of the six-week training every new Alaska flight attendant goes through.
Seattle hospital patient requests special meal from North Pole – Alaska delivers
As Phil Pope recovered from a stroke at a hospital near Seattle, the retired Alaska Airlines captain had a hankering for one particular thing: Chinese food from Pagoda Restaurant in North Pole, Alaska. That’s where he and wife Jackie Pope, an Alaska Airlines flight attendant, planned to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary Feb. 11, near the rustic…
How’d they film that? Alaska Airlines’ Disney airplanes star in new air-to-air video
In the world of aviation photography, the money shot looks like this: Alaska Airlines’ bright-blue Disney plane soars through billowy white clouds, perfectly spotlighted by midmorning sun. The Boeing 737-900 banks slightly to showcase its colorful fuselage painted with the “Fab Five” – Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto and Goofy – along with…
Alaska Airlines Salt Lake City employees help customer get home during emergency
When a mom in Las Vegas needed to reach her son in eastern Washington, Alaska Airlines’ Salt Lake City team used some “Alaska spirit” to help her get home as fast as possible, even though it meant putting her on a different airline’s flight.
2014: Alaska Airlines employees emerge as heroes after the hurricane in Los Cabos
Hurricane Odile was bad. The aftermath was even worse. Amid the devastation and destruction, one bright spot was the response from Alaska Airlines employees who lent a hand when it was needed most. In the week since the storm slammed into Los Cabos, people who were evacuated on Alaska’s humanitarian relief flights have started to…