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In June 1983, Alaska Airlines introduced their frequent-flyer program, Gold Coast Travel. In 1987, Alaska Airlines acquired Jet America Airlines, which offered a frequent-flyer program that awarded credit by flight segments (number of flights taken), compared to Gold Coast Travel, where members earned credit based on the mileage of flights taken. [1]
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.
By the late 1970s, Wien Air Alaska was flying nonstop Boeing 737-200 jet service to Seattle. [15] In 1994, Alaska Airlines was operating daily one-stop service to Kodiak from Seattle via Anchorage with a Boeing 737-400 jetliner with this flight also providing direct, no change of plane service from Phoenix (PHX) and Portland, OR (PDX). [11]
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.
Alaska Coastal Airlines was formed in 1939 as a result of a merger between Alaska Air Transport and Marine Airways. Having absorbed Ellis Air Lines in 1962, Alaska Coastal Airlines was itself taken over by Alaska Airlines in 1968. Barnhill & McGee Airways was founded in Anchorage in 1931, one of the earliest air services in Anchorage.
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Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (IATA: GAL, ICAO: PAGA, FAA LID: GAL) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Galena, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [ 1 ] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 7,784 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, [ 2 ] 7,447 ...
Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-400 at Adak Airport. Scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service (EAS) program. Alaska Airlines operates two flights weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, [10] using Boeing 737-700 or Boeing 737-800 [11] jet aircraft and previously with Boeing 737-400 jet aircraft.