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Alaska Airlines unveils “Apolo One”

Copyright Photo: Brian Peters. N596AS stopped at Tucson with the special decal.

Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) on November 17 at its SEA base unveiled “Apolo One” with a photo decal image of U.S. speed skater Apolo Ohno applied to its Boeing 737-890 N596AS (msn 35688).

The company has also created a website to follow Apolo’s activities leading up to and including the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC.

Link:

www.followapolo.com/photos/24?fbid=GHEDq8T6gW8

Alaska Airlines starts Hawaiian service from the Bay Area

Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) yesterday (November 9) launched four-times-weekly service between Oakland and Kahului (Maui) with Boeing 737-800s. Today the company will start thrice-weekly flights between OAK and Kona (Big Island).

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Alaska-Airlines-Launches-prnews-1581380085.html?x=0&.v=1

Alaska Airlines also announced new Hawaii service from Sacramento and San Jose, CA.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Alaska-Airlines-Announces-New-prnews-2200759689.html?x=0&.v=1

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum.

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Alaska Airlines starts Seattle/Tacoma-Austin

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Alaska's Boeing 737-890 N568AS (msn 35183) is ready to push back from the gate at AUS on the first revenue departure after a departure ceremony.  Copyright Photo: Joe Fernandez

Alaska's Boeing 737-890 N568AS (msn 35183) is ready to push back from the gate at AUS on the first revenue departure after a departure ceremony. Copyright Photo: Joe Fernandez/Air 72.

Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) yesterday (August 3) started the SEA-Austin route as AUS becomes its newest city.

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Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Alaska-Airlines-Expands-Texas-prnews-607856251.html?x=0&.v=1

Alaska Air Group posts $29.1 m 2Q net profit

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Alaska Air Group (Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air) (Seattle/Tacoma) posted a second quarter net profit of $29.1 million.

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Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Alaska-Air-Group-Reports-prnews-2444465779.html?x=0&.v=1

Alaska cancels all flights from Anchorage

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Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) was forced yesterday to totally shut down all flights in and out of Anchorage due to ash from Mount Redoubt. AS hopes to reopen ANC this morning if the ash cloud moves away.

Alaska suspends all flights north of Anchorage

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Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) has suspended all flights north of Anchorage due to the eruption of Mount Redoubt on March 23 and the airborne volcanic ash which can cause engine failures. The cities impacted include Barrow, Bethel, Fairbanks, Kotzebue, Nome and Prudhoe Bay. So far, 45 flights have been cancelled.