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Seattle-based Alaska Airlines will start using Required Navigation Performance precision approaches in Adak, Alaska, on Thursday and in Ketchikan, Alaska, in March, the carrier announced Thursday....

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Seattle-based Alaska Airlines' 625 ramp service and stores agents represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have ratified a two-year contract extension, but its 2,800 clerical, office and passenger service emplo...

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SeaTac's Alaska Airlines says it is sponsoring five-time Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno in his quest for more medals at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.A Seattle-area native, Ohno also became a reality TV star with his winning performance on Dancing...

aggregated from: James Wallace on Aerospace

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines announced Tuesday it was sponsoring short-track speed skater and Dancing with the Stars winner Apolo Ohno in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia....

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Seattle-based Alaska Airlines ranked first in on-time performance for the fourth month in a row among the 10 largest U.S. carriers and was second only to Hawaiian Airlines among all carriers, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's month...

aggregated from: James Wallace on Aerospace

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines ranked first in on-time performance for the fourth month in a row among the 10 largest U.S. carriers and was second only to Hawaiian Airlines among all carriers, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's month...

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Alaska Airlines' flights arrived on time more than 85 percent of the time in August, putting Alaska at the top of the list of major carriers in on-time performance.New statistics from Portland's Flightstats.com show Alaska with an 85.33 percent on-ti...

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New figures from the federal Bureau of Transporation Statistics showed Hawaiian Airlines fared the best for multi-hour tarmac delays in June.The Honolulu-based carrier suffered no delays over two hours during that month, the latest for which the BTS ...

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Alaska Airlines will add a second daily nerd bird flight between Austin, Texas, and San Jose, Calif., and expand the route to take in Portland, Ore., the Seattle-based carrier announced Wednesday....

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Call it the recession dividend. Sale airfares from the Puget Sound to Hawaii now have dropped below $300 roundtrip.Alaska Airlines is advertising $298 roundtrip fares between Sea-Tac and Honolulu and $318 rountrip fares from Sea-Tac to Kona.Those far...

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