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Alaska Airlines hits record-high revenues in March

by Richard Schuurman | Apr 21, 2022 | Airlines | 0 comments

UPDATE – Another US airline to report record-high revenues in March is Alaska Airlines. Like American Airlines, Alaska’s revenues for the month exceeded 2019 levels for the first time since the start of the pandemic, the airline said on April 21 in its Q1...

Fleet standardization holy grail to Alaska Airlines

by Richard Schuurman | Mar 24, 2022 | Airlines | 0 comments

Alaska Airlines is more and more reverting to the holy grail of low-cost carriers by accelerating its transition to a single fleet until late 2023. Out will go the ten remaining and leased Airbus A321neo’s in the mainline fleet and the 32 De Havilland Canada Dash...

Alaska Airlines mixes the MAX fleet and adds the -8 and -10

by Richard Schuurman | Mar 2, 2022 | Airlines | 0 comments

Alaska Airlines’ decision to diversify its Boeing MAX order portfolio to include the -8 and -10 as well seems like a logical choice to safeguard future fleet flexibility. By relying on just the MAX 9, the carrier would have been restricted by its range and...

Pilot attrition growing risk for Alaska Airlines

by Richard Schuurman | Jan 28, 2022 | Airlines | 7 comments

Alaska Airlines is risking losing more pilots if it doesn’t successfully and quickly complete negotiations with pilots union ALPA. Negotiations over additional benefits have reached an impasse since starting in October. The Seattle Times quotes ALPA that it is seeing...

ZeroAvia and Alaska Air plan hydrogen-electric Dash8

by Addison Schonland | Oct 27, 2021 | Aerospace | 0 comments

Yesterday there was an interesting announcement about Alaska Airlines modifying one of its Dash8s to add a hydrogen-electric powertrain. The new engine can produce between 2,000 and 5,000 KW. That translates into between 2,600 and 6,700 Hp. Alaska Airways also...

Alaska Airlines hits record-high revenues in March

Fleet standardization holy grail to Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines mixes the MAX fleet and adds the -8 and -10

Pilot attrition growing risk for Alaska Airlines

ZeroAvia and Alaska Air plan hydrogen-electric Dash8

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