Авиакомпании Аляски

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Авиакомпании Аляски

Вот Икао Callsign КАК Работа Вниз
Основан	14 апреля 1932 года ( 1932-04-14 ) (как McGee Airways )
Начатые операции	6 июня 1944 года ( 1944-06-06 )
AOC #	ESA802A
Концентраторы	Якорн Honolulu Los Angeles Portland (OR) San Diego San Francisco Seattle/Tacoma
Focus cities	Boise (ID) San Jose (CA)
Frequent-flyer program	Mileage Plan
Alliance	Oneworld
Fleet size	328
Destinations	128
Parent company	Alaska Air Group
Headquarters	SeaTac, Washington, United States
Key people	Ben Minicucci (CEO) Patricia Bedient (Chairwoman)
Founder	Linious "Mac" McGee
Employees	20,144 (2023)
Website	alaskaair.com

Alaska Airlines - крупная американская авиакомпания, со штаб -квартирой в Сидеаке, штат Вашингтон , в столичном районе Сиэтла . Это шестая по величине авиакомпания в Северной Америке при измерении запланированными пассажирами, по состоянию на 2023 год. Аляска вместе с региональными партнерами Air и Skywest Airlines управляет маршрутной сеть Horizon К более чем 100 направлениям в смежных Соединенных Штатах , Багамах , Белизе , Канаде , Коста -Рике , Гватемале и Мексике .

Авиакомпания работает из пяти концентраторов. Его основным центром является международный аэропорт Сиэтла -Такома . Alaska Airlines является членом OneWorld , третьего по величине альянса авиакомпаний в мире. оценивается По состоянию на 2020 год в авиакомпании работают более 16 000 человек, и JD Power и Associates в качестве самого высокого удовлетворения клиентов традиционных авиакомпаний в течение двенадцати лет подряд. В декабре 2023 года Alaska Airlines объявила о планах покупать Hawaiian Airlines в сделке на 1,9 миллиарда долларов. On August 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice completed its regulatory review of the proposed merger and declined to file a lawsuit to block it. The merger received the approval of the U.S. Department of Transportation on September 17, 2024 and was completed the following day.

History

Early years (1932–1945)

See also: McGee Airways and Star Air Service

A Stinson "S" Junior aircraft of McGee Airways: McGee Airways was the precursor to present-day Alaska Airlines.

McGee Airways, a precursor to Alaska Airlines, was established by Linious "Mac" McGee and flew its first service between Anchorage and Bristol Bay. Service was unscheduled, with flights taking off when passengers, a load of cargo, or mail needed passage.

The airline struggled financially during the Great Depression. Too many airlines were in Anchorage at the time, with not enough demand to support them. As a result, the airline underwent multiple mergers. The first of these mergers was in 1934, when McGee sold his namesake airline for US$50,000 (equivalent to $1,138,806 in 2023) to Star Air Service, an airline also located in Anchorage. This allowed McGee to enter the mining industry. With a fleet of 15 aircraft, Star Air Service was a dominant airline in Alaska, but the airline continued to struggle financially because of high maintenance costs for its wood-and-fabric planes.

In 1937, McGee came back to the airline and opened a liquor store, and the airline began flying liquor to remote Alaskan communities. That year, Star Air Service purchased Alaska Interior Airlines and was incorporated as Star Air Lines. Star was again sold later that year to a group of miners.

In 1938, federal regulation began when Congress created the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), which awarded the airline most of the routes that it wanted in Alaska, but the coveted route between Seattle and Fairbanks was awarded to Pan American Airways.

In 1941, Star Air Service was purchased by Raymond Marshall, a businessman from New York City. In 1942, the airline purchased three other airlines in Alaska, including Lavery Air Service, Mirow Air Service, and Pollack Flying Service. They also purchased a hangar at the Anchorage airport. In 1942, the airline's name was changed to Alaska Star Airlines.

When the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Alaska Airlines faced a shortage of pilots. During the war, the airline lacked funds and equipment, and pilots were often forced to buy fuel for their planes out of their own pockets. The company, which was frequently subjected to lawsuits, also went through many different presidents during this time. In 1943, Alaska Airlines purchased the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, its first multi-engine aircraft. That same year, the company's stock was traded for the first time on the American Stock Exchange.

The name Alaska Airlines was adopted on May 2, 1944, having narrowly beaten a competitor who was applying for the name. In the 1940s, Alaska's headquarters were in Anchorage.

Expansion after World War II (1945–1949)

Alaska Airlines Douglas DC-3, one of the aircraft purchased by the airline after World War II

In 1945, Alaska Airlines hired its first stewardesses. In 1947, James Wooten became president of the airline and began an effort to expand the company. Under his leadership, the airline purchased many surplus military aircraft from the government that had been used during World War II. The airline purchased Douglas DC-3s, Douglas DC-4s, and Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commandos. Alaska Airlines was the first carrier certified to operate DC-3s on skis.

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. Despite its success, Alaska Airlines' worldwide charter business was short-lived. In 1949, the CAB tightened its regulations and placed heavy fines on the airline and shut it down completely for safety violations. The airline was prohibited from operating worldwide charter flights, and president James Wooten left the company. Also in 1949, Alaska Air began operating five Bell 47B helicopters to support oil exploration on the North Slope thus becoming the first airline in Alaska to operate rotary-wing aircraft.

In 1949, the airline was a major participant in an effort by the newly established state of Israel to airlift Jews out of Yemen to Israel in what became known as Operation Magic Carpet. C-46 or DC-4 aircraft were used for the nearly 3,000-mile flight, made necessary to avoid overflying Arab nations. Planes flew from Eritrea to Aden, then along the Gulf of Aqaba to Tel Aviv. After unloading the refugees, crews then immediately continued to Cyprus, afraid to stay on the ground in Tel Aviv for fear of being bombed. Some 49,000 Yemenite Jews were airlifted by Alaska Airlines and other carriers without a single loss of life.

New leadership (1950s)

Alaska Airlines started the 1950s without its worldwide charter business and operations restricted to the state of Alaska. In 1950, it purchased two smaller Alaskan airlines, Collins Air Service and Al Jones Airways.

Though the airline had grown much under the ownership of Raymond Marshall, the CAB forced him out in 1951 due to continuing financial troubles. Marshall had owned Alaska Airlines with the intent of getting money for himself and he was not concerned about the long-term stability of the company. In 1951, the CAB awarded Alaska Airlines with a temporary certificate allowing them to operate on routes from the Alaskan cities of Anchorage and Fairbanks to Seattle and Portland in the contiguous United States. This award became permanent in 1957.

In 1952, the CAB appointed Nelson David as president, and he began to improve the financial stability of the airline. By 1957, with the carrier in a better financial situation, David left and Charles Willis Jr., became the company's new president and CEO. A pilot during World War II, Willis introduced several marketing gimmicks that set the airline apart from other ones of the day. Under his leadership, Alaska Airlines became the first to show inflight movies. The company began service with the Douglas DC-6, the airline's first pressurized plane, enabling flights above clouds and weather disturbances. On these DC-6s, the airline introduced "Golden Nugget" service, which included an on-board saloon and piano.

Jet age (1960s)

The Convair 880 was Alaska Airlines' first jet aircraft.

In 1961, competitors began introducing jets on routes Alaska Airlines flew. To counter this competition, Willis negotiated with aircraft manufacturer Convair to purchase a Convair 880 jetliner with no money down, for use on routes between Alaska and the contiguous United States. The company introduced the new jet aircraft in 1961. In 1966 the company received its first Boeing 727-100 jets. They removed the Convair 880 from the fleet as a financing condition by Boeing concerning the purchase of the 727 jetliners. Several of Alaska's first 727s were series 100C models, which could be operated as all-cargo freighters, an all-passenger configuration or as mixed passenger/freight combi aircraft.

In the spring of 1967, greatly increased passenger loads required a quick addition of fleet aircraft. Alaska purchased a Convair 990 jetliner, formerly operated by Brazilian air carrier Varig as PP-VJE, which then became Alaska Airlines N987AS. This aircraft remained in service along with an increased fleet of Boeing 727-100s. They were joined by stretched Boeing 727-200s which became Alaska Airlines' signature aircraft for the next 25 years. It became the first carrier to fly the Lockheed L-100 Hercules L382 model, the civil version of the military C-130 cargo turboprop, which was used to transport oil drilling rigs to Alaska's North Slope and later to Ecuador.

Alaska also owned Lockheed Constellation propliners including two Lockheed L-1649A Starliners from 1962 to 1968, and three L-1049's which were used for Military Air Transport Service operations. Smaller prop and turboprop aircraft were operated, including the Convair 240, de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and Super Catalina amphibian aircraft as well as two versions of the Grumman Goose amphibian aircraft, one with piston engines and the other model is a conversion to turboprop engines which the airline called the "Turbo-Goose". The Catalina and Grumman amphibian seaplane aircraft joined the fleet when the airline acquired local southeast Alaska operator Alaska Coastal Airlines in 1968.

A Boeing 727-100 at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. The airline introduced this type in the mid-1960s.

During this time, Alaska Air faced some tough competition from other airlines, such as Northwest Airlines, Pan Am, and Pacific Northern Airlines, an Alaska-based air carrier operating Boeing 720 jetliners that was acquired by and merged into Western Airlines in 1967. Northwest and Pan Am at different times operated Boeing 747 wide-body jetliners on their services to Alaska with Northwest flying Seattle–Anchorage nonstop with the jumbo jet and Pan Am flying Seattle–Fairbanks nonstop with the 747. To set itself apart from the competition, Alaska Air turned to some cheap but imaginative gimmicks such as having safety instructions read as rhymes, staging fashion shows in the aisles, and having bingo games on board while en route.

In December 1962, Air Guinée signed a contract with Alaska Airlines, which had Alaska Airlines providing management expertise, in addition to two Douglas DC-4s. The deal would have had Alaska Airlines contracting with the airline over seven years. The contract ended after six months, leading to the United States Agency for International Development paying a US$700,000 debt owed by the Guinean airline to Alaska Airlines.

In 1965, Alaska Airlines turned over some routes between small Alaskan communities, and some smaller aircraft, to Wien Air Alaska. This allowed Alaska to focus on more heavily travelled routes and allowed them to sell off smaller aircraft.

Throughout the 1960s, Alaska Airlines worked to promote tourism to Alaska by offering charter flights to the continental United States. In an attempt to increase the state's appeal, Alaska Airlines conducted a promotional tour of Japan in 1963. In 1967, as the state of Alaska celebrated its centennial, Alaska Airlines introduced a promotional "Gay Nineties" theme with stewardesses dressed in Edwardian outfits. That year, Alaska Airlines expanded to southeast Alaska with the introduction of service to Sitka. This led to the purchase of two smaller airlines, Alaska Coastal Airlines and Cordova Airlines, in 1968.

Economic hardship (1970s)

A Boeing 727-200Adv on approach to Los Angeles International Airport, showing the new livery and logo introduced in the early 1970s

In the beginning of the 1970s, Alaska Airlines began Boeing 707 charter flights to Siberia in the Soviet Union. This was the result of three years of secret negotiations between Alaska Airlines and Soviet authorities, in which the US Department of State reluctantly chose not to block the plan for fear of a potentially negative response from the Soviets. The airline gained permission to fly more than two dozen flights in 1970, 1971, and 1972. Alaska Airlines was also operating Boeing 707, Boeing 720, and Boeing 720B jetliners in scheduled passenger service between destinations in Alaska and Seattle during the early and mid-1970s.

The airline was not in good financial shape at that time. Like much of the airline industry, Alaska Airlines was hit with rising fuel and operating costs and was on the verge of bankruptcy. Revenues were significantly reduced when work on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was delayed. The airline's cargo aircraft had played a key role in building the pipeline but now sat idle. The airline took another blow on September 4, 1971, when a Boeing 727-100 jetliner crashed on landing in Juneau, killing 111 people and resulting in America's worst single-plane crash at the time. Because the airline was struggling financially, the airline's board ousted president and CEO Charles Willis. Former board member Ronald Cosgrave succeeded him.

The airline was US$22 million in debt when Cosgrave took over, so Cosgrave began to make major cuts. The airline's cargo business was dropped completely, as were many flights and employees. Cosgrave also sought to improve the airline's tarnished image of "Elastic Airlines", referring to its poor schedule keeping. The logo was changed to an image of a smiling Inuk man, which remains today. Although the exact identity of the man is unknown, some believe it to be the face of either Chester Seveck, a reindeer herder in Kotzebue, or Oliver Amouak, an Inupiat man. Both were Alaskan natives. As a result of these efforts, the airline made a profit in 1973 and continued to be profitable thereafter.

Post-deregulation expansion (1978–1990)

Alaska Airlines was one of only three US carriers that supported the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act, knowing that it would reap significant growth and other benefits from deregulation. After deregulation, the company's real-estate division was spun off into its own company, with Cosgrave becoming its chairman. The leadership of the airline was passed to Bruce Kennedy, a close associate of Cosgrave. Cosgrave allied with Alaska Airlines to purchase competitor Wien Air Alaska. This ultimately failed and resulted in fines for Alaska Air and its leaders for improprieties during the attempted acquisition. Wien Air was liquidated in 1984, and never merged into Alaska Airlines.

At the time of deregulation, Alaska Airlines served ten cities in Alaska and one in the contiguous US—the city of Seattle—and it had only ten planes in its fleet. Immediately after deregulation, the airline began to expand, adding the cities of Portland and San Francisco to its network. Soon later, the airline resumed services to the Alaskan cities Nome and Kotzebue, and it introduced service to Palm Springs, California. Burbank and Ontario were added in 1981. In 1979, Alaska studied the possibility of acquiring and merging with Hughes Air West. This never came to fruition. Other cities in the continental US that were added to the airline's route map by 1985 were Oakland and San Jose in California, Spokane in Washington, Boise in Idaho, and Phoenix and Tucson in Arizona.

Deregulation also brought challenges to the airline. The airline was faced with increased competition and inflation that put tremendous pressure on costs, profits, and salaries. By 1979, competitors Northwest Airlines and Western Airlines were both flying wide-body McDonnell Douglas DC-10 jets on the core Anchorage–Seattle nonstop route. Additional competition came from Wien Air Alaska, which had begun flying nonstop jet service between Anchorage and Seattle. Northwest was operating nonstop DC-10 service on the Fairbanks–Seattle route at this time as well. There were tensions with unions, particularly mechanics and flight attendants. In 1985, the company had a three-month-long strike with its machinists. By June 1985, it was able to end the strike by promising to reduce labor costs and maintain peace with unions. In November 1985, the airline introduced a daily air-freight service called Gold Streak, with service to and from Alaska.

Alaska Airlines was the launch customer for the MD-83 and operated many of these jets throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

In the 1980s, Alaska Airlines began acquiring McDonnell Douglas MD-80s to replace its aging 727s. Alaska was the launch customer for the MD-83, taking delivery of its first MD-80s in 1985.

Also in 1985, the Alaska Air Group was formed as a holding company for Alaska Airlines. In 1986 Alaska Air Group acquired regional airline Horizon Air, which remained a separate brand from Alaska Airlines. Since then, both airlines have been subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group. In 1987, Alaska Airlines purchased Jet America Airlines. Alaska initially operated Jet America as a separate airline, but this proved economically unviable and Jet America's operations were merged into Alaska's. Alaska discontinued all flights to the Midwest and the East coast formerly operated by Jet America. Additional MD-80s entered the fleet via the acquisition of Jet America Airlines in 1987.

There was a big seasonal imbalance in travel to Alaska, which mainly took place in the summer. To compensate for this, the airline introduced service to Mexican resorts, where most travel takes place in the winter. In 1988, the airline began servicing the Mexican resort cities of Mazatlán and Puerto Vallarta. By the end of the 1980s, 70 percent of Alaska Airlines' passengers flew south of Seattle and the airline served 30 cities in 6 states outside Alaska. The airline had successfully used the state of Alaska as a springboard to expand into larger, more profitable markets.

New competition, new technologies (1990s)

Alaska Airlines 737-400 landing at Vancouver International Airport

The airline began the 1990s with plans to lease 24 Boeing 737-400s from International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). The first aircraft was delivered in April 1992.

In 1991, Alaska Airlines added several routes. In the Russian Far East, it added the cities of Magadan and Khabarovsk, as well as service to Toronto, its first Canadian city and the first city east of the Rocky Mountains. Toronto was later dropped in 1992 and the Russian destinations were discontinued in 1998.

As the airline marked its 19th consecutive year of profits in a turbulent industry and racked up many awards for customer service, Bruce Kennedy retired in May 1991 and was succeeded by Raymond J. Vecci.

Alaska Airlines faced increased competition from low-cost carriers. One carrier that competed with Alaska was MarkAir. Since it began operating in 1984, competition had been reduced because it has worked out feeder agreements with Alaska Airlines. However, after Alaska Air declined to buy the airline in the fall of 1991, it intensified competition with Alaska.

Mark Air offered low-cost service on the Anchorage-Seattle route and other routes in Alaska, where Alaska Airlines earned almost one-third of its revenues. This hurt Alaska Airlines. For the first time in 20 years, it posted a loss of US$121 million. To save money, the airline canceled two proposed maintenance facilities and deferred a large aircraft purchase worth US$2 billion. Deferred maintenance from this period of cost-cutting would ultimately cause the crash of Flight 261 in 2000. It was able to increase utilization on its existing planes, though. The airline cut labor costs, but this ended up making relations with unions tense.

The cost reductions produced quick results. In 1993, their losses decreased to US$45 million and they made a US$40 million profit the next year. Eight percent of these revenues were generated by record-setting cargo operations.

Alaska had more competition in 1993 when low-cost airline Southwest Airlines entered the Pacific Northwest by purchasing Morris Air. Alaska Airlines was able to keep its costs down, but it maintained its high level of customer service. The airline promoted itself as "the last great airline" and with the motto "For the same price, you just get more". Analysts felt that Alaska Air needed deeper cost cuts. At the same time, the company had many strikes by the flight attendants' union.

Alaska continued to take delivery of new MD-83s during the 1990s, both to meet the demands of a growing route system and to replace its aging and fuel inefficient 727 fleets. Their last 727 was retired in March 1994. The airline's MD-80 fleet peaked at 44 aircraft in 1996.

Vecci was dismissed in 1995 and replaced with John Kelly, the former Horizon Air CEO. The airline soon expanded West Coast routes to take advantage of an "open skies" agreement between the US and Canada.

Alaska Airlines pioneered some new technologies through the 1990s. It added a heads-up guidance system in 1989 to operate better in foggy conditions, becoming the first airline to use this technology. In 1995, the airline became the first U.S. airline to sell tickets on the Internet. By 2000, all the airline's planes carried automated external defibrillators, for use in in-flight emergencies. The airline installed self-service kiosks called "Instant Travel Machines" that printed boarding passes, allowing customers to bypass the traditional ticket counter. An X-ray device, an addition to the unit allowing passengers to check their own baggage was being tested in 1999 at Anchorage.

This concept, known as "Airport of the Future" by the airline, was first tested in Anchorage and was later brought to its Seattle hub, and it drew attention from other airlines. The airline was the first airline in the world to integrate GPS and Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) technology, adding a real-time, three-dimensional display of terrain. The system was operational in all the carrier's Boeing 737-400s by April 1999.

The late 1990s saw the carrier recording much profitability. The airline added new training and maintenance facilities. The airline began buying new 737s, ordering three Boeing 737-700s and became the launch customer for the Boeing 737-900 when it placed an order for ten of the jets in November 1997.

Introducing flights across the U.S. (2000s)

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900 at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Alaska was the launch customer of the 737-900 aircraft.

With the delivery of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft starting in 1999, Alaska began launching more medium-haul flights. In 2000, Alaska started service between Anchorage and Chicago.

In May 2001, the airline took delivery of its first 737-900. In 2001, the airline was granted slot exemptions by the Department of Transportation to operate a nonstop flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle, but it was halted after only a week due to the September 11 attacks. The airline resumed service to Reagan Airport on December 4, 2001, to meet the demand.

In January 2002, William Ayer was named CEO of Alaska Airlines. Ayer had been serving as president under Kelly since 1997, having come to Alaska from Horizon two years earlier after spending 13 years with the smaller airline. Ayer took over as chairman and CEO of the Alaska in 2002 upon Kelly's retirement. He led the company through a transformation called Alaska 2010 that was intended to insulate the airline from the traditional boom-bust cycle of the airline industry.

In 2003, Alaska Airlines won the Technology Leadership Award from the magazine Air Transport World for its pioneering of new technologies both in the airport and within the airplane itself.

The Boeing 737-800 replaced the airline's MD-83s, which were retired in August 2008.

In 2005, due to the greater efficiency of the Boeing 737 Next Generation and rising costs for maintenance, fuel, and crew training, Alaska Airlines decided to phase out its remaining 26 MD-80s and trained its pilots to fly the newer Boeing 737-800s that were being ordered to replace them. According to the airline, the MD-80 burned 1,100 US gallons (4,200 L) of fuel per hour, while the 737-800 burned just 850 US gallons (3,200 L) per hour. The last MD-80 flights flew in August 2008, with one flight from San Jose to Seattle and another from Sacramento to Seattle. To mark its transition to an all-Boeing fleet, Alaska Airlines unveiled a 737-800 called Spirit of Seattle with Boeing's house colors painted on the fuselage and the airline's Inuit logo painted on the tail fin.

Also in 2005, Alaska Airlines contracted out many of its jobs, including ground crew positions, to Menzies Aviation. In some cases, this resulted in an almost 40% decline in wages. This agreement was found to be a violation of union agreements in 2008 and the new ground crews caused enough damage to aircraft in the first year to make the savings negligible. In addition, Menzies contractors gained a reputation of stealing from checked bags after a few incidents in 2007.

Alaska Airlines 737-400 Combi aircraft at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Starting in June 2006, Alaska Airlines introduced new cargo aircraft to the fleet: five 737-400C combi aircraft and one 737-400F freighter. The aircraft were originally purchased by Alaska as passenger aircraft in 1992, and converted by Pemco Air Services. The 737-400C "combi" aircraft were uniquely suited for the needs of Alaska, carrying a combination of four cargo pallets and 72 passengers, allowing goods and people to be transported to remote towns. 737-400 based aircraft had 20% more passenger and cargo capacity than the aging Boeing 737-200 cargo aircraft they replaced.

2010s

Alaska – Horizon Q400, following the retirement of the Horizon Air brand

In March 2010, Alaska Airlines began service from San Jose, California, to Kahului and Kona, Hawaii, and also from Sacramento, California, to Kahului, Hawaii.

In September 2010, Alaska Airlines began service between Seattle and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

In 2011, Horizon Air no longer operated as a separate regional airline. Instead, it transitioned to a capacity purchase agreement (CPA) business model, which had by that time become the regional airline industry standard. Under the CPA, Horizon operates and maintains its aircraft, while Alaska Airlines is responsible for scheduling, marketing and pricing all flights. As part of the change to the new business model, the Horizon Air brand was retired and all Horizon planes were repainted with a co-branded "Alaska Horizon" livery.

Alaska Airlines entered into a similar capacity purchase agreement with the nation's largest regional airline, SkyWest Airlines. Starting in May 2011, SkyWest started operating several routes for Alaska under the brand "Alaska SkyWest".

In January 2011, Alaska Airlines placed an order for thirteen Boeing 737-900ERs to be delivered between 2012 and 2014, with two 737-800s also part of the order.

Alaska's previous livery on a 737-800

In 2011 Alaska Airlines partnered with Boeing and Fujitsu to be the first to use a new technology called Component Management Optimization, to streamline maintenance checks. It will do this by allowing mechanics to point a handheld device at little RFID tags attached to certain parts of the aircraft, which will display information about when parts were last replaced. This will allow mechanics to perform inspections quicker than conventional methods. The program is scheduled to launch in 2012.

In mid-2011, the airline issued iPads to its pilots to replace 25 pounds of paper flight manuals that pilots were required to carry on flights (Electronic flight bag). Alaska Airlines is the first major airline to use iPads on flights. All pilots had iPads by June 2011. This was the first part of the airline's initiative to do away with the flight bag. The airline is considering using iPads for displaying aeronautical charts.

In November 2011, Alaska Airlines flew 75 commercial passenger flights in the U.S. powered by biofuel, using a 20 percent blend of sustainable biofuel made from used cooking oil that meets rigorous international safety and sustainability standards.

On February 16, 2012, Alaska Airlines' CEO, Bill Ayer, retired. Ayer became the airline's CEO in 2002 and has been credited with reducing costs and keeping the airline profitable without going through bankruptcy. The airline's president Brad Tilden became the new CEO on May 15, 2012.

In March 2012, Alaska Airlines began service from Seattle to Kansas City and in June 2012, began service to Philadelphia. Seattle-Tacoma-Miami International Airport flights ended in July 2012. Service to nearby Fort Lauderdale began on July 16. Service to San Antonio began in September 2012. Alaska Airlines began service from San Diego to Orlando in October 2012.

In October 2012 (2012-10), Alaska placed the largest order in its history, when it ordered a total of 50 Boeing 737s in a deal worth US$5 billion at list prices. The order consists of 20 737 MAX 8s, 17 737 MAX 9s and 13 737-900ERs.

Alaska Airlines announced a plan in June 2013 to begin replacing Boeing 737s on flights between Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska, with Bombardier Q400s operated by Horizon Air and based out of Anchorage beginning in March 2014. The plan was intended to reduce operating expenses and eventually lower fares. It was met with a great deal of skepticism by Fairbanks residents who expressed their frustration about the safety of the aircraft and outside boarding in the cold winter climate through social media. Alaska Airlines responded to the comments on Facebook attempting to reassure passengers of the safety of the Bombardier Q400s as well as promising to address the unusual aspects of flying in Alaska. The airline ended up modifying one of the jetways at Fairbanks International Airport so that passengers would not have to go outside to board. In November 2017, Alaska announced that it would revert to an all-jet service in the state of Alaska and that it would close its Horizon Airbase in Anchorage in March 2018. Horizon would re-establish its presence in the state of Alaska two years later, this time flying Embraer 175 aircraft.

Alaska unveiled its new logo and livery in 2016, as seen here on an Alaska – SkyWest Embraer E175

New nonstop service from Seattle to Salt Lake City began in 2013 and from Seattle to Albuquerque, Baltimore, Detroit, New Orleans, Tampa, and Cancun all began in 2014. Several other routes were later added from Salt Lake City in a competitive move against Delta Air Lines when that carrier added many new routes from Seattle.

In 2015, Alaska Airlines announced three new nonstop destinations from Seattle, to Charleston, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham. These, along with a flight between Los Angeles and Baltimore, began in late 2015 using their 737 aircraft.

In January 2016, for the first time in 25 years, Alaska Airlines unveiled a major update to its brand, which included a new logo and livery. In the new design, the Alaska wordmark was streamlined and the design of the Eskimo logo was simplified and the ruffs on the parka were made more colorful.

In 2017, Alaska Airlines expanded to Indianapolis, with non-stop service to Seattle in May and San Francisco in September. The San Francisco route was discontinued in September 2018.

In September 2018, Alaska Airlines added non-stop service from Seattle to Pittsburgh.

Virgin America acquisition and subsequent lawsuits

Following its acquisition of Virgin America, Alaska painted several aircraft, including this Airbus A321neo inherited from Virgin America, in a "More to Love" special livery to commemorate the merger

Virgin America, an airline based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, launched in 2005 and quickly drew a cult-like following. But as a growing startup airline, the airline would take several years to pay back start-up and expansion costs. Virgin's original investors wanted fast returns on their investments, so they took the airline public, trading on Nasdaq in November 2014. As the airline saw growing profits year after year, a frenzy ensued, and the airline's stock price climbed from $23 at time of IPO to nearly $30 per share within a just a year.

Not long after Virgin America's successful IPO launch, JetBlue announced their intention to buy controlling interest in Virgin America. The two airlines had complimentary networks on opposite sides of the country and operated similar aircraft types in a similar market. Alaska viewed its acquisition of Virgin America as a start to expanding in California and the West Coast. After the acquisition was announced, Richard Branson, the head of the Virgin Group and one of the founders of Virgin America, described himself as "sad" and disappointed. Despite the protest from its most high-profile shareholder, the majority of Virgin America's shareholders voted to approve the sale to Alaska Air Group because of the higher offer than that of JetBlue.

Alaska Air Group purchased Virgin America for $57 per share, a total valuation of $2.6 billion, with additional expenses bringing the cost to approximately $4 billion. The acquisition was completed on December 14, 2016.

The DOT issued a single operating certificate for the combined airlines in January 2018. The airlines merged into the same passenger service system in April 2018, meaning that most of the customer-facing portions of the company, including flight numbers, website, mobile apps, and airport check-in kiosks, have a single brand: Alaska Airlines. Virgin America's final flight was in April 2018. The last Virgin America aircraft was repainted in June 2019.

The acquisition created one issue for the enlarged Group: Alaska operates an all-Boeing 737 fleet of aircraft, but Virgin America operated an all-Airbus fleet. Even though the 737 and A320 family jets are designed to operate in the same segment – short-to-medium-range segment of up to 200 passengers – the two jets are very different in terms of operation, and anyone wishing to change from a 737 to an Airbus A320 family jet (or vice versa) needs to go through a lengthy training course, a costly process for the airline. The first Airbus leases expired in 2019, with the rest expiring between 2021 and 2024. In April 2020, in response to route suspensions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, Alaska grounded 19 inherited Virgin America aircraft, with 12 permanently retired and the other 7 unlikely to return to service. The airline is using pandemic-related flight reductions as an opportunity to retrain many Airbus pilots to fly the Boeing 737 instead.

2020s

Due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alaska Airlines announced that it would be reducing its number of employees by 30%. By the end of 2020, the firm cut out around 7,000 job positions out of its 23,000 total.

In February 2020, Alaska Airlines announced its intention to join the Oneworld airline alliance. On March 31, 2021, Alaska Airlines officially joined the Oneworld alliance, adding seven new airline partners, including Iberia, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines, and SriLankan Airlines.

In December 2020, Alaska Airlines agreed to buy 23 Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets.

In November 2021, Alaska Airlines launched seasonal service to Belize, making it the fourth foreign country served by the airline.

In August 2022, Alaska Airlines was reported to be an investor in Twelve, a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) start up and chemical technology company based in Berkeley, California, that aims to make fuel out of carbon dioxide instead of things like organic vegetable oils, which would supposedly be cheaper than existing SAF production. Twelve's E-Jet fuel would have 90% lower emissions than conventional fuel but not require changing existing aircraft. At proper scale, it would be cost competitive with existing fuel and help allow Alaska Airlines to meet emissions goals.

In October 2022, Alaska Airlines announced an agreement with Boeing to purchase 52 additional Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, the airline's largest aircraft order thus far.

In May 2022, Alaska Airlines removed their inflight magazine, Alaska Beyond, and moved to an airline blog due to COVID-19 cleaning procedures.

In January 2023, Alaska Airlines announced that it had officially dropped plastic cups from its inflight food and beverage services, becoming the first U.S. airline to do so. It said that the move is part of plans to replace its top five waste-producing items from onboard services by 2025.

In 2023, Alaska Airlines announced a partnership with Taiwan-based Starlux Airlines. Mokulele Airlines, a small commuter airline in Hawaii, and its parent company, Southern Airways Express, both became partner airlines in 2023. Porter Airlines, a Canadian airline, became a partner before starting service from Toronto to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. A partnership with Kenmore Air was resumed in 2023, first introduced in 2010. Flights from Everett to the San Juan Islands became bookable on Alaska Airlines' website.

Alaska Airlines announced nonstop service to Guatemala and the Bahamas in June and July 2023. Bahamasair was announced as a partner airline at the same time service to the Bahamas was revealed.

On April 17, 2024, the FAA announced a ground stop advisory for Alaska Airlines, stopping all of the airline's flights. The FAA did not announce a reason for this.

Acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines

Main article: Merger of Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines

In December 2023, Alaska Airlines announced that it would merge with Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion in cash along with an assumption of approximately $900 million in outstanding debt. Airline industry analysts had promoted the merger for years which would create a combined carrier focused western United States. The merger would provide Alaska, which is primarily a domestic carrier with narrow-body aircraft, with Hawaiian's wide-body jets, pilots, and international networks.

The merger would retain both Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines as separate brands; Hawaiian Airlines would also become a Oneworld member. The two airlines intend to operate a combined frequent-flyer program, with Alaska's Mileage Plan likely to replace HawaiianMiles unless the companies opt for an all-new program. The proposed merger was approved by shareholders of Hawaiian Airlines in April 2024, following earlier approval from both Alaska Air Group and Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.

При президенте Байдена Министерство юстиции США работало над предотвращением дальнейшей консолидации в авиационной отрасли, но изначально было неясно, будет ли департамент подавать иск против слияния, а аналитики отмечали различия между предложением и предыдущими предложениями, против которых выступает администрация. The main area of regulatory concern is likely to be that the deal would put about 40% of the traffic between Hawaii and the mainland U.S. in one company's hands. When the deal was announced, company executives expected approval from the Justice Department to take between a year and 18 months. On August 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice completed its regulatory antitrust review of the proposed acquisition and declined to attempt to block the merger in court. Затем слияние требует одобрения Министерства транспорта США .

В то время компании перекрывались на 12 безостановочных маршрутах, которые они назвали минимальными. Alaska Airlines подчеркнула свой опыт работы с сетью внутриаласки, включая обслуживание в 16 направлениях, недоступных по дороге, в то время как обещание сохранить надежный график между INERISLAND на Гавайях на соседние острова. Wall Street Journal предположил, что консолидация приведет к повышению цен на потребителей на рейсах на Гавайи, хотя это оспаривалось компаниями.

Когда было объявлено о слиянии, губернатор Джош Грин (HI) пообещал, что он и генеральный прокурор Энн Лопес будут следить за слиянием «очень близко», добавив, что оба «являются очень качественными компаниями, но в конечном итоге я буду смотреть, чтобы сделать Конечно, все потребности нашего штата удовлетворяются, и о всех наших работниках заботятся ». В рамках своих усилий по обеспечению местной поддержки слияния Alaska Airlines дали три ключевых обещания жителям Гавайев, чтобы поддерживать бренд Hawaiian Airlines, сохранить все сотрудники профсоюзов и защитить рейсы соседей острова. В феврале 2024 года Ричард Биссен (мэр округа Мауи), Рик Блангиарди (мэр города и графство Гонолулу), Дерек Кавакам (мэр округа Кауаи) и Митч Рот (мэр округа Гавайи) опубликовали открытое письмо в Гонолулу-звезда-рекламизер объявляет о своей поддержке слияния как «хорошо для Гавайских островов» и улучшает обслуживание для соседних островов.

Alaska Airlines подтвердила, что Майлз, удерживаемые в гавайской программе по частым флеше на гавайских островах , будут преобразованы в схему плана пробега авиакомпаний Аляски с соотношением 1: 1.

В августе 2024 года период регулирующего рассмотрения закончился без проблем, через неделю после того, как Аляска согласилась продлить этот период рассмотрения. Новости эффективно дали одобрение Аляски на сделку. Аляска назвала это «важной вехой в процессе присоединения к нашим авиакомпаниям». 17 сентября 2024 года окончательный регулирующий Hurtle для слияния был очищен, когда Министерство транспорта Соединенных Штатов одобрило слияние. Перевозчики заявили, что ожидают закрыть сделку в дни после этого утверждения. 18 сентября 2024 года было завершено слияние после соглашения с Министерством транспорта США. В рамках сделки обе авиакомпании взяли на себя обязательство поддерживать ключевые маршруты на Гавайях и поддержать защиту потребителей в течение следующих шести лет.

Направления

Основная статья: Список направлений авиакомпаний Аляски

Операции Аляски в его основном центре, международный аэропорт Сиэтл -Такома

Система маршрутов Аляски охватывает более 115 направлений в Соединенных Штатах, Багамах, Белизе, Канаде, Коста -Рике, Гватемале и Мексике. Некоторые из мест, обслуживаемых на Аляске, включают в себя Анкоридж, Адак, Кордова, Фэрбенкс, Джуно, Кетчикан, Кодиак, Коцебу, Король лосось, Ном, Бэй Прудхо, Ситка и Утцягвик (ранее Барроу), некоторые из которых недоступны дорогой.

Авиакомпания начала запланированные операции на Российский Дальний Восток в 1991 году после распада Советского Союза, но приостановил службу в 1998 году после российского финансового кризиса 1998 года .

Исторически Аляска была одним из крупнейших перевозчиков на западном побережье Соединенных Штатов , с сильным присутствием в Анкоридже , Сиэтле , Портленде и Сан -Диего , а также обслуживает четыре аэропорта в районе залива и четыре аэропорта в столичном районе Лос -Анджелеса .

Некоторые города в сети Аляски с меньшим трафиком обслуживаются региональными партнерами по авиакомпаниям в соответствии с соглашением о покупке. В соответствии с этим соглашением региональная авиакомпания оплачивается за эксплуатацию и обслуживание самолетов, используемых на рейсах, которые запланированы и продаются Alaska Airlines. Партнеры по авиакомпании Аляски включают в себя полностью принадлежащую региональную дочернюю компанию Horizon Air и авиакомпании Skywest Airlines .

Соглашения об кодешке

Основная статья: План пробега § Партнерские авиакомпании

Alaska Airlines является членом Alliance OneWorld и имеет партнерские отношения с кодом или пробегом со следующими авиакомпаниями:

• AER Lingus
• United Airlines
• American Airlines
• Bahamasair
• British Airways
• Cathay Pacific
• Кондор
• Fiji Airways
• Финнайр
• Hainan Airlines
• Иберия
• Исланланд
• Японские авиакомпании
• Kenmore Air
• Корейский воздух
• Латам Чили
• Малайзия авиакомпании
• United Airlines
• Портер авиакомпании
• Qantas
• Катарские воздушные пути
• Королевский воздушный марокко
• Королевский Иорданский
• S7 Airlines
• Сингапурские авиакомпании
• Southern Airways Express
• Srilankan Airlines
• Airlines Starlux

Флот

Этот раздел представляет собой выдержку из флота Alaska Airlines . [ редактировать ]

Alaska Airlines отметила свои отношения с Boeing в 2016 году, с ливреей на самолете 737-900ER , посвященной 100-летию самолета.

Флот авиакомпании Alaska Airlines - это самолеты Boeing 737 серии, управляемые непосредственно Alaska Airlines. Региональный флот брендовых Ambraer 175 Jets управляется Airaska Air Group принадлежащей региональной авиакомпанией Airline Air Air и сторонним подрядчиком Skywest Airlines, .

Грузовой флот состоит из трех грузовых самолетов Boeing 737-700 и одного грузового самолета Boeing 737-800, которые были ранее пассажирскими самолетами. Дополнительный пассажир 737-800 находится под переходом в груз.

Alaska Airlines рекламирует свои отношения с коммерческими самолетами Boeing . Почти все самолеты в основном флоте имеют логотип Boeing и «гордо все боинг» под окнами кабины. Аляска управляет самолетом в особой ливреи, празднующей 100 -летие производителя самолета.

Авиакомпания имеет отношения/контракт с дочерней компанией MRO American Airlines (Tulsa, OK) для тяжелой работы для своих самолетов.

Услуги

Домик

Места экономного класса в Alaska Airlines 737-900ER

Первый класс функционирует приоритетная посадка, бесплатная пища, а также алкогольные и безалкогольные напитки. Сидения-это сиденья в стиле переиска в конфигурации 2-2 на основных самолетах и ​​2-1 конфигурация на региональных самолетах. Каждое место в первом классе имеет питания.

Премиум класс расположен сразу за первым классом и имеет 35 дюймов (890 мм) сиденья, четыре дюйма (100 мм) больше, чем в главной каюте Аляски. Пассажиры получают приоритетные посадки и бесплатные алкогольные или безалкогольные напитки. Небольшая закуска включена, и еда может быть куплена. Аляски Премиальные классные места можно приобрести во время бронирования или предоставлены за счет бесплатных обновлений для элитных летчиков в программе лояльности плана пробеги . На основном самолете на каждом сиденье в классе премиум -класса есть USB и питания.

Основная каюта - Экономический класс Аляски. Основные пассажиры каюты получают бесплатный безалкогольный напиток и небольшую закуску. Еда и алкогольные напитки доступны для покупки. На основном самолете на каждом сиденье в главной кабине есть USB и розетки.

Услуги в полете

Еда и напитки

Авиакомпания авиакомпании в полете

В 2006 году авиакомпания запустила свою покупки на борту , программу На большинстве рейсов более 2,5 часов. В рамках программы авиакомпания предлагает различные «пакеты для пикников» за плату в классе премиум и основной кабины. Пакеты для пикников представлены продукты от компаний на западном побережье, включая сыр Beecher , сыр Tillamook , каскадные картофельные чипсы Тима и пиво на аляскинском янтарном янтаре .

В феврале 2012 года Alaska Airlines начала подавать кофе от товарищей из компании Seattle Company Starbucks на всех своих рейсах. Ранее кофе Starbucks предлагался только на воздушных рейсах Horizon. Horizon Air предлагал кофе Starbucks с февраля 1990 года и был первой авиакомпанией в мире, которая подала кофе Starbucks на борту своих рейсов. В 2023 году Аляска изменилась на кофе от Roasters из Стеймптауна в Портленде .

В июле 2018 года Alaska Airlines обновила большую часть меню первого класса, вдохновленного присутствием авиакомпаний на западном побережье. Новые предметы, поданные в соле соли и соломенной карамельной ленты, пирожные из Sweet Lady Jane из Лос-Анджелеса, и макароны из Cucina Fresca, базирующейся в Сиэтле. Новые функции включали заказ еды перед полетами, чтобы позволить еду готовой к месту отдыха.

Доступ к Интернету в полете

Все самолеты Alaska Airlines оснащены Wi-Fi и потоковой развлекательной системой в полете. Было объявлено, что вскоре сервис доступа в Интернет перейдет на фиксированную плату за 8 долларов за рейс, но это изменение применяется только к самолету на основе спутникового Wi-Fi. В более старых системах интернет-сервис по-прежнему основан на платежи для всех пассажиров, в зависимости от продолжительности полета. Потоковые развлечения и электронные обмену сообщениями бесплатны.

Аляска начала испытания интернет-сервиса Wi-Fi в полете в 2009 году. Авиакомпания проверила как спутниковую систему Row44, прежде чем выбрать наземную интернет-систему Gogo Interplight в феврале 2010 года. В октябре 2010 года рейсы между Анкориджем и Фэрбенксом были первыми, кто получил интернет-сервис в полете. В последующие месяцы система была расширена для покрытия всех маршрутов, за исключением Гавайев. Alaska Airlines начала переходить на спутниковую систему в третьем квартале 2019 года, которая доступна на всех рейсах, включая рейсы по Атлантическому и Тихоокеанскому океанам. По состоянию на февраль 2020 года 126 из 241 самолета имеют установлен спутниковый WiFi.

Награды программы

План пробега

Основная статья: План пробега

Программа частых флешевых авиакомпаний и вспомогательного Horizon Air называется планом пробега . Партнеры по авиакомпаниям программы включают членов всех трех основных авиационных альянсов ( OneWorld , SkyTeam и Star Alliance ), а также нескольких неаффилированных перевозчиков. Программа плана пробега не имеет членства и позволяет выкупать одностороннее. Накопленные мили не истекают. План имеет элитные уровни (MVP, MVP Gold, MVP Gold 75K и MVP Gold 100K) для частых путешественников, кому предоставлены увеличение пособий по путешествиям.

Клуб 49

В ноябре 2011 года Alaska Airlines начала новую программу под названием Club 49, исключительно для членов плана пробега, которые являются жителями Аляски. Преимущества включают бесплатные проверенные сумки и уведомления по электронной почте о продажах и скидках. Программа не имеет платы за присоединение и членство действительны в течение года после присоединения, прежде чем их нужно продлить.

Аляска

Авиакомпания управляет девятью аляскими залам. Международный аэропорт Сиэтла -Такома , крупнейший центр Аляски, имеет три. Портлендский международный аэропорт имеет два. Международный аэропорт Теда Стивенса Анкориджа , международный аэропорт Сан -Франциско , Нью -Йорк JFK и международный аэропорт Лос -Анджелеса имеет по одному. Кроме того, залы OneWorld теперь также доступны для пассажиров на Аляске.

Корпоративные дела

См. Также: Airaska Air Group § Тенденции бизнеса

Аляска воздушный груз

Аляска Air Cargo 737-700F Fairight вылетает с Анкориджа

Alaska Air Cargo имеет региональные операции в некоторых частях Соединенных Штатов. Он имеет самые обширные воздушные грузовые операции на западном побережье США, больше, чем в любой другой пассажирской авиакомпании. Грузовые операции Аляски сосредоточены в основном на северо -западных смежных состояниях и Аляске, между Анкориджем и Сиэтлом. К югу от Аляски первичный груз включает свежие аляскинские морепродукты. Груз, который переносился на север от Сиэтла, является в основном почтовой почтой США . Авиакомпания несет товары для удаленных аляскинских сообществ и личных пакетов.

Филантропия

Фонд авиакомпании Аляски, со штаб-квартирой на территории международного аэропорта Теда Стивенса в Анкоридже, предоставляет гранты 501 (c) некоммерческим организациям, которые классифицируются как благотворительные организации на Аляске и Вашингтоне.

Рабочие отношения

Пилотная группа Аляски представлена ​​Ассоциацией пилотов Air Line, International . Его стюардессы представлены Ассоциацией бортпроводников .

С мая 2005 года ( 2005-05 ) операции по обработке багажа авиакомпании были переданы на аутсорсинг Menzies Aviation . Это было в ответ на отказ от договора между IAM , союзом, который представлял обработчиков багажа, и Alaska Airlines. Это сэкономило авиакомпанию примерно 13 миллионов долларов в год. В конце 2016 года Alaska Airlines создала дочернюю дочернюю компанию McGee Air Services, которая конкурировала с Menzies Aviation за контракты на обработку наземных в некоторых городах Аляски.

Несчастные случаи и инциденты

Alaska Airlines произошло в своей истории 11 крупных авиационных аварий , девять из которых привели к смерти, причем два других привели к тому, что самолет был списан, но не было смерти. В общей сложности 226 пассажиров и команды вместе с двумя людьми на земле были убиты.

• 30 ноября 1947 года, рейс 009, Douglas C-54A (NC91009), с маршрутизацией Anchorage- Yakutat - Port Hardy пытая , -Seattle, в международном аэропорту Сиэтла-Такома в Сиэтле. Самолет сошел с взлетно -посадочной полосы, свернул по набережной, ударил по канаве и продолжил пересечение шоссе Де -Мойн и на юге 188 -й улицы, где он пробил автомобиль, загорелся и пролил топливо по территории. Из 28 обитателей восемь умерли, плюс водитель машины. Сбой был объяснен ошибкой пилота.
• 20 января 1949 года рейс 8, Дуглас C-47A (NC91006), был на маршрутизации Гомера - Кенай , когда самолет ударил по стороне головы Птарармиган в 9 милях (14 км) к востоку от центра дыхательных путей в Кенаи. Из шести пассажиров на борту пять умерли. Причиной был определен как пилот, отклоняющийся от назначенных дыхательных путей.
• 8 августа 1954 года авиакомпания Alaska Airlines C-47A (N91008), управляющая маршрутизацией МакГрата, Аляска, в Колорадо-Крик, Аляска, врезался в гору примерно в 25 милях (40 км) к северо-западу от МакГрата. Оба пилота умерли.
• 2 марта 1957 года, рейс 100, Douglas C-54B (N90449) на маршрутизации Сиэтла- Фэрбенкс -Сиэтл попал в гору в 3,8 милях (6,1 км) от Блина , когда он находится на подходе к Сиэтлу. Все пять обитателей погибли. Причиной аварии было решение пилота войти в область с низким пасмуром в горной местности, а также ошибку навигации.
• 21 июля 1961 года, рейс 779 , Douglas DC-6A (N6118C), работающий в Сиэтле-- Шемей , потерпел неудачу от взлетно-посадочной полосы, убив шесть экипажей. Причиной аварии было то, что мощность на взлетно -посадочной полосе и приближение систем освещения была отключена два дня назад, и контрольная башня пренебрегала для информирования пилотов, когда они применяли свой подход в темноте.
• 17 апреля 1967 года авиакомпания Alaska Airlines Lockheed L-1049H (N7777C) с 28 пассажирами и четырьмя членами экипажа на борту приземлились с шасси, втянутыми во время сильного снегопада в аэропорту Коцебу . Все на борту выжили, но самолет был поврежден до ремонта.
• 4 сентября 1971 года, рейс 1866 , Boeing 727-193 , работающий на Анкоридже - Кордова - Якутат - Джуно - Ситка врезалась в гору в горе Чилкат примерно в 18,5 милях (29,8 км) от аэропорта, когда на подходе к Джуно. Все семь членов экипажа и 104 пассажира были убиты. Причиной аварии была определена как вводящая в заблуждение навигационную информацию, предоставленную летной бригаде, неспособность экипажа использовать все навигационные средства и не выполнять требуемую аудио идентификацию навигационных объектов.
• 5 апреля 1976 года, рейс 60 , Boeing 727-81 (N124AS), работающий с Джуно - Кетчикан, унесла взлетно-посадочную полосу во время приземления в Кетчикане после того, как капитан решил попытаться уйти в последний момент. Один пассажир погиб в аварии. Причина аварии была определена как ошибка пилота для начала ухода после приверженности посадке и «непрофессионального решения пилота» отказаться от точного подхода.
• 9 июня 1987 года в международном аэропорту Анкориджа Boeing Airlines Boeing 727-90C (N766AS) с двумя людьми на борту ударили по струи во время такси и загорелись, уничтожив самолет. Техник по авионике непреднамеренно деактивировал систему давления тормоза.
• 13 марта 1990 года авиакомпания Alaska Airlines Boeing 727 взлетел из международного аэропорта Феникса Скай -Харбор ударил и убил человека, который побежал на взлетно -посадочную полосу. На 727 году не было травм. Власти аэропорта определили, что мужчина был пациентом в соседней психиатрической больнице.
• 31 января 2000 года рейс 261 , McDonnell Douglas MD-80 , врезался в Тихий океан недалеко от острова Анакапа , на Калифорнийских Нормандских островах , готовя попытаться приземлиться в LAX на пути из Пуэрто-Вальярты , Мексика, в SAN. Франциско и Сиэтл, убив всех 88 человек на борту. В своем отчете Национальный совет по безопасности на транспорте (NTSB) определил, что причиной аварии является отказ резьбов гаек ACME, которые были частью сборки джек -вина для системы отделки горизонтального стабилизатора . Неудача произошел из -за недостаточной смазки ассамблеи джек -вина, которая была результатом расширенных интервалов и проверки Аляски, а также от Федерального авиационного управления одобрения на эти интервалы. NTSB также обнаружил, что отсутствие безопасного механизма для сбоя нитей гайков ACME на конструкции MD-80 способствовало аварию. Этот инцидент, наряду с более ранним аварией Valujet Flight 592 , привел к более тщательному контролю FAA по обслуживанию авиакомпании.
• 14 ноября 2020 года рейс 66, Boeing 737-700 , ударил и убил бурого медведя во время приземления в аэропорту Якутат на Аляске.
• 20 августа 2023 года, рейс 1288, Boeing 737-800 (N516AS), получил жесткую посадку в аэропорту Джона Уэйна, в результате чего левое главное шасси пробило левое крыло самолета; Остатки урагана Хилари в то время двигались через область.
• 5 января 2024 года, рейс 1282 , Boeing 737 Max 9 (N704AL) испытал быструю декомпрессию, когда его подключенная дверь выхода отделялась от планера вскоре после отъезда из Портлендского международного аэропорта по пути в международный аэропорт Онтарио , поднимаясь по 16 000 футов ( 4900 метров). Полет отвезли обратно в Портленд. Там не было никаких смертельных случаев, но сообщалось о незначительных травмах. Производитель самолета (Boeing) взял на себя ответственность за инцидент, и по состоянию на 12 января 2024 года расследование все еще продолжается.

Инциденты сотрудников

• 2 сентября 2019 года бортпроводник авиакомпании Alaska Airlines призвал к эвакуации терминала A Международного аэропорта Newark Liberty , вызывая панику среди путешественников Дня труда. Стюардесса впоследствии была задержана полицией, которая определила, что инцидент был ложной тревогой; Сообщается, что в то время работник страдал от вопроса, связанной с психическим здоровьем.
• 22 октября 2023 года, как сообщается, пилот авиакомпании Alaska Airlines, по сообщениям, попытался закрыть двигатели Horizon Air Flight 2059, управляемых Alaska Airlines, прежде чем они были подавлены членами экипажа. Самолет совершил аварийную посадку в международном аэропорту Портленда и благополучно приземлился. Пилоту вне службы было предъявлено обвинение по 83 пунктам обвинения в покушении на убийство. Пассажиры из рейса инициировали исследователь в классе против Alaska Airlines и Horizon Air, утверждая эмоциональный стресс от инцидента, в котором пилот, работающий за нерабочее время, Джозеф Эмерсон вмешался в работу самолета. Истцы ищут подробное объяснение и улучшенные проверки перед полетом, чтобы предотвратить подобные случаи, подчеркивая необходимость бдительности в отношении психического здоровья авиакомпании. Alaska Airlines признала иск и похвалил команду за их действия во время чрезвычайной ситуации.

Смотрите также

• Список авиакомпаний Аляски
• Воздушный транспорт в Соединенных Штатах

Внешние ссылки

• Официальный сайт
• Alaska Airlines текущий флот