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Alaska Airlines

This article is about the airline known as Alaska Airlines. For its parent company, see Alaska Air Group.
Not to be confused with Akasa Air.

Alaska Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
AS ASA ALASKA
FoundedApril 14, 1932 (1932-04-14) (as McGee Airways)
Commenced operationsJune 6, 1944 (1944-06-06)[1]
AOC #ASAA802A[2]
Hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programMileage Plan
AllianceOneworld
Fleet size314
Destinations128[3]
Parent companyAlaska Air Group
HeadquartersSeaTac, Washington
Key people
FounderLinious "Mac" McGee
Employees20,144 (2023)[4]
Websitewww.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, Hawaiian Airlines 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.

  1. ^ Norwood, Tom; Wegg, John (2002). North American Airlines Handbook (3rd ed.). Sandpoint, Idaho: Airways International. ISBN 0-9653993-8-9. Archived from the original on November 28, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Federal Aviation Administration – Airline Certificate Information – Detail View". Av-info.faa.gov. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "Alaska Airlines on ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "Alaska Air Group, Inc. 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". February 14, 2024. p. 14. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "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
  6. ^ "A World Of Possibilities: Alaska Airlines Officially Joins oneworld". Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.