Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and newly acquired Hawaiian Airlines, is focused on improving its Airbus A321neo utilization this year. As the two brands steadily inch toward obtaining a single operating certificate,

Despite a rough start to 2024 and the cost of buying Hawaiian Air, Alaska Air made a net profit of $395 million last year. Employees earn a bonus of six weeks pay.

In a year defined by a roughly month-long grounding of its Boeing 737 Max 9s and the costly acquisition of leisure carrier Hawaiian Airlines, Seattle-based Alaska Air Group posted a roughly $400 million profit.

Given the vast distances these flights would cover without a diversion airport and the previously unreliable piston engine, regulators determined that airlines should not be allowed to deploy twin-engine jets on transoceanic flights.

Alaska Air Group has released details of its combined schedule for Alaska and Hawaiian airlines, with adjustments beginning to take effect in March. In an email to Pacific Business News, Alex Da Silva, Hawaiian director of external communications, listed the current Hawaiian routes that will be replaced with Alaska services later this year.

Fort Lauderdale is no stranger to long routes. In fact, the flight from LAX is one of the top seven longest flights out of the airport. Other destinations include Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.

Boeing has fallen far behind Airbus in its long-running battle to be the world’s biggest plane-maker after a year of setbacks and crises.

A nascent recovery from Boeing’s troubles stalled in the fall when a 52-day Machinists union strike stopped almost all Boeing jet production in its Puget Sound assembly plants.

SkyTeam alliance member Delta Air Lines is pulling out of smaller Alaskan airports in favor of major ones, and Alaska Airlines is adding service to the contiguous U.S.

Alaska Air Group posted stronger-than-expected earnings Wednesday in its first full quarter report filed since its merger with Hawaiian Airlines, which it anticipates will help generate $1 billion in additional pretax profit over the next three years.

Alaska Air Group Inc. beat Wall Street’s estimates to close out 2024 and forecast a better-than-expected start to the new year, giving the carrier a boost as it plans a significant overseas expansion.

Alaska Airlines' merger with Hawaiian Airlines aims to enhance connectivity and drive earnings growth through strategic initiatives in 2025.