Frontier Airlines announced new seasonal flights to their second non-stop destination between their low-fare hub of Denver to Alaska. Frontier will begin flights to Fairbanks, Alaska four times weekly on Airbus A319 aircraft between May and September.
This new Alaska service will complement current seasonal fligths Frontier operates between Denver and Anchorage. Also this week in [...]
Although airline mergers are always percolating in the industry rumor mill, there has been a noticeable uptick in recent weeks as analysts talk about possible tie-ups. With the acquisition last year of Northwest Airlines by Delta Airlines looking like it should be a success, creating the world’s largest airline, and capacity still over-pacing demand, the [...]
Alaska Airlines, having just inaugurated new flights between Oakland and Kona and Maui, Hawaii, plans an increase to that service in the spring of 2010. After the new service launch Alaska Airlines will have 73 weekly round-trip flights between the mainland and the Islands of Hawaii.
On March 11, 2010, Alaska will launch three weekly flights between [...]
September 2009 proved to be a good month for the nation’s airlines posting the best on-time rate in six years. Combined, the airlines achieved a 86.2 percent on-time rate with that percentage of flight arriving at their destination within 15 minutes of their scheduled time. The ratings and airline rankings are provided by the United [...]
Delta Airlines has announced schedule changes for next summer that will increase cooperation with Air France/KLM, Alaska Airlines and capitalize on additional synergies with former Northwest Airlines that it acquired last fall.
This summer schedule and changes is the first fully combined schedule since merging with Northwest Airlines. The new routes will be trans-Pacific, trans-Atlantic & Africa. [...]
Below is a recap of U.S. airlines September operational performance. There was a delay since Southwest did not release their figures until this morning.
AirTran – Capacity up 7.2%; Traffic up 11.0%; Load Factor 77.0%
Alaska – Capcity down 1.4%; Traffic up 1.4%; Load Factor 77.9%
Allegiant – Capacity up 50.2%; Traffic up 46.1%; Load Factor 85.2%
American – [...]
Alaska Airlines has renewed its request for an open Department of Transportation review of the ownership of Virgin America. Alaska Airlines believes that Virgin America is in violation of foreign ownership laws of US airlines although the DOT has been investigating the issue for some time and have worked with Virgin America to ensure that [...]
Alaska Airlines has announced new service between Portland and Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. The flights will be operated with Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft and will feature sale fares and bonus frequent flyer miles for a limited time period.
Alaska Airlines, with its recent Hawaii expansion now to four islands in the state, has announced a code-share agreement with its frequent flyer partner Mokulele Airlines of Hawaii. The code-share agreement will put the Alaska Airlines code on regional jet flights between Honolulu and Kona, Hilo, Lihue and Kahului. These flights are operated by Embraer [...]
Alaska Airline and regional partner Horizon Air have negotiated aircraft delivery delays with Boeing and Bombardier respectively.
Alaska Airlines has moved four 737-800’s from 2011 delivery to 2012 and 2013. They will continue with their current delivery forecast of seven 737-800’s next year. In return for Boeing granting this delay, Alaska Airlines has changed four other [...]
It has been reported that Virgin America is close to a deal to secure additional US investors that would ensure it maintains a 76% US ownership; limiting Sir Richard Branson’s ownership to 24% as dictated by US law regarding foreign ownership of a domestic airline.
It appears the new capital will be from Cyrus Capital Partners [...]
Northwest US based Horizon Air announced today that they will add seasonal winter and summer flights to Sun Valley from both Los Angeles and Seattle, some with stops in Boise. These Sun Valley flights will all operate using Horizon Air’s 76-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft. Sun Valley is not only a winter ski destination that is [...]
