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…
Reborn as carry-on bags, recycled airplane seat leather will continue to fly
Reclaimed leather from replaced airplane seats will fly again as carry-on bags, thanks to a collaboration between Alaska Airlines and an innovative design team. Alaska’s discarded leather found new life in the hands of Mariclaro, which makes bags and accessories from sustainable materials. Bags made from Alaska Airlines leather: The Atlas Collection
Explore Baltimore: 5 reasons to take your kid
The first verses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” echoed through Oriole Park at Camden Yards – the traditional opening to sporting events across America. But here in Baltimore, the national anthem carries added significance. Three miles away is Fort McHenry, site of the battle that inspired the song’s words exactly 200 years ago. “And the rocket’s red glare,…
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…
2014: Alaska scales back after Los Cabos airport closes to relief flights, commercial operations
Alaska Airlines scaled back humanitarian relief operations out of Mexico on Friday, with one relief flight out of Los Cabos and one relief flight from Loreto. Alaska employees on the ground in Los Cabos reported Friday that all customers have been evacuated from the area that was severely damaged by Hurricane Odile on Sunday. On Friday…
Destination Detroit: A local’s guide to discovering beauty, history and tasty drinks in the Motor City
This month, Alaska Airlines launched daily nonstop service between Seattle and Detroit. For on-the-ground advice about things to do in Detroit, we turned to resident expert Dan Austin, a journalist at the Detroit Free Press who also runs historicdetroit.org and has written two books about the city’s legendary architecture. “Detroit is a city that is…
After a curveball in travel plans, baseball player gets a lift from Horizon
When a recently promoted minor-league baseball player mistakenly got off the airplane in the wrong city, a Horizon Air employee stepped up to the plate to deliver him to his final destination 90 miles away. Customer service agent Andrew Joshu drove from Great Falls, Montana, to Helena to help Sthervin Matos make it to the…
Alaska Airlines employee drives 5 hours to help customer make it to fishing trip on time
A college student’s Alaska adventure was nearly derailed before it even started – until Alaska Airlines employees went above and beyond to deliver him to his final destination. When Flight 139 from Chicago to Anchorage was diverted to nearby Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson because of unexpected fog May 5, many customers needed help rearranging plans and…
From Seattle to sunshine: 5 things to explore in the Tampa Bay Area
Alaska Airlines began daily service between Seattle and Tampa, Florida, on June 20 – the first nonstop flight to link the cities, which cuts a few hours of flight time for tourists and business travelers. Aboard the 5-hour-40-minute inaugural flight, my wife and I left our kids and escaped for a quick two-night trip. At…
Alaska VP asks senators to support extending NextGen ‘all the way to the runway’
Gary Beck, vice president of flight operations at Alaska Airlines, testified Wednesday in Washington, D.C., before a Senate subcommittee on aviation. In the hearing to examine the Federal Aviation Administration’s progress on NextGen, Chairwoman Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, highlighted the work that Alaska Airlines is already doing. “One of the areas I mentioned is the implementation…
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