Eight is great! Alaska launches new $8 flat rate for streaming-fast satellite Wi-Fi
Our fast satellite Wi-Fi just got a price break! And, we’re offering a variety of new meal selections to pair with your sky surfing and streaming.
It’s happening! Flights between Everett’s Paine Field and Spokane now on sale
When it comes to adding new destinations from Paine Field, we heard your love for the Lilac City loud and clear. So, Snohomish County – say hello to Spokane! We’re excited to launch daily, nonstop jet service between Paine Field in Everett and Spokane in Eastern Washington starting Nov. 4 – just in time for holiday travel.
A new era: Our first commercial flights launch at Paine Field
Everett, Washington is home to a brand new airport – and we’re helping lead the way.
We’re getting bigger in Texas. Howdy, El Paso!
We now have daily flights between Seattle and El Paso, and El Paso and San Diego.
Ohhh, the possibilities at Paine Field! Tickets now on sale for 18 daily departures to 8 cities
UPDATE 1/22/19: We’re postponing our scheduled start of service from Paine Field until March 4, 2019. Our latest post has all the details. ORIGINAL POST 11/15/18: If you live north of Seattle and throughout Snohomish County, we’re ready to make your day with some news you’ve probably been waiting to hear: We’re now selling tickets for…
Taking new roads in the sky: NASA and Alaska Airlines are making it happen
Have you ever been stuck in traffic and thought: “There has got to be a better way to get where I’m going”? Pilots often think the same thing up in the air. In the hours before takeoff, airline dispatchers specifically plan flights and file flight plans using the best information available at the time. But…
Improved communication between our pilots and ATC – without even talking
For decades, air traffic controllers have relied on a system that uses two-way radio to transmit instructions and route changes to planes waiting to take off. Pilots jot down these notes on paper, and then read the instructions back to the air traffic controllers. If there’s a misunderstanding, the process must be repeated until it’s…