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Alaska Airlines was the first carrier certified to operate DC-3s on skis. [14] Alaska Airlines' large charter business made it profitable, and the airline moved its base of operations to Paine Field, an airport, in Everett, Washington, north of Seattle. It kept a branch office in Anchorage.
Alaska Air Group, Inc. is an American airline holding company based in SeaTac, Washington, United States. The group owns two mainline carriers, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines, along with a regional airline, Horizon Air. [3] Alaska Airlines in turn wholly owns an aircraft ground handling company, McGee Air Services.
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The merger would provide Alaska, which is primarily a domestic carrier with narrowbody aircraft, with Hawaiian's widebody jets, pilots, and international networks. [15] [16] The deal, if approved by regulators, would retain both Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines as separate brands. The combined company would control approximately 40% of the ...
The following is a list of destinations that are served or have been served by Alaska Airlines.These do not include destinations flown only by Horizon Air.Previous cities flown solely by Horizon Air include: Arcata-Eureka, Astoria, Butte, Flagstaff, Klamath Falls, Lewiston, Mammoth Lakes, North Bend-Coos Bay, Pendleton, Port Angeles, Prescott, Prince George, Salem, and Twin Falls.
Tilden is the retired chairman of Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. [2] [3] Before becoming the company's CEO in 2012, Tilden served as Alaska Airlines' president, and before that as Alaska Air Group's chief financial officer. [4] He is a commercial pilot and holds multi-engine and instrument ratings.
This is a list of airline holding companies, that either own more than one airline or are the parent company of a single airline. A company or firm in which the holding company owns a significant portion of voting shares , usually 20–50% or a "minority of share ownership", is known as an associate company .
The airline restarted service under its own name in the 1970s but ceased operations in 1986. Pacific Northern Airlines ("The Alaska Flag Line") was founded in January 1945 as Woodley Airlines, renamed Pacific Northern Airways on August 27, 1945 and Pacific Northern Airlines on August 23, 1947; merged into Western Airlines on October 31, 1967.