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Alaska Airlines
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
AS
ASA
ALASKA
Founded
April 14, 1932; 92 years ago (1932-04-14) (as McGee Airways)
Commenced operations
June 6, 1944; 79 years ago (1944-06-06)[1]
AOC #
ASAA802A[2]
Hubs
Anchorage
Los Angeles
Portland (OR)
San Francisco
Seattle/Tacoma
Focus cities
Boise (ID)
San Diego
San Jose (CA)
Frequent-flyer program
Mileage Plan
Alliance
Oneworld
Fleet size
318
Destinations
128[3]
Parent company
Alaska Air Group
Headquarters
SeaTac, Washington
Key people
Ben Minicucci (CEO)
Brad Tilden (Chairman)
Founder
Linious "Mac" McGee
Employees
20,144 (2023)[4]
Website
www.alaskaair.com
Alaska Airlines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest airline in North America when measured by scheduled passengers carried. Alaska, together with its regional partners Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines operates a route network primarily focused on connecting cities along the West Coast of the United States to over 100 destinations in the contiguous United States, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Russia and Mexico.
The airline operates out of five hubs. Its primary hub is Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.[5] Alaska Airlines is a member of Oneworld, the third-largest airline alliance in the world.[6] As of 2020, the airline employs over 16,000 people and has been ranked by J. D. Power and Associates as having the highest customer satisfaction of the traditional airlines for twelve consecutive years. In December 2023, Alaska Airlines announced plans to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal.
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^"Federal Aviation Administration – Airline Certificate Information – Detail View". Av-info.faa.gov. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
^"Alaska Airlines on ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
^"Alaska Air Group, Inc. 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". February 14, 2024. p. 14. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
^"Network – Alaska Airlines". Newsroom. Alaska Airlines. August 2018. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2018. Though Alaska calls Seattle home, the company has hubs in Anchorage, Alaska, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. Other focus cities include San Diego and San Jose, California
^"A World Of Possibilities: Alaska Airlines Officially Joins oneworld". Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
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