![](https://news.alaskaair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pronto2.jpg?w=687)
Flight attendant secrets for exploring a new city on a dime
Flight attendants are not only experts in onboard safety, but also know how to make the most of a visit to a new city. They also know that when you are in a new and exciting city every night, you can’t spend a fortune on each layover. So how do flight attendants explore new places…
Statement on Alaska Airlines flight 448
Update 6:20 p.m., April 16 The Menzies Aviation ramp agent has been permanently banned from ever working on any Alaska Airlines flights.
![](https://news.alaskaair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150109_alaska_033.jpg?w=1024)
Travel like a pro: fly through airport security with TSA PreCheck
You’ve got your boarding pass on your phone. You self-tagged your bags and dropped them off with the nice agent at the counter. And you’ve only been at the airport for five minutes. You’ve got this down, you’re ready to be on that plane and go. But wait, the hard part’s not over. You still…
A note to customers traveling with medical conditions
By Ray Prentice, director of customer advocacy, Alaska Airlines We wanted to reach out to you, our customers, to address a recent situation involving a customer whose travel was interrupted in Lihue, Hawaii.
![Phil and Jackie Pope.](https://news.alaskaair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pagoda_1.jpg?w=700)
Seattle hospital patient requests special meal from North Pole – Alaska delivers
As Phil Pope recovered from a stroke at a hospital near Seattle, the retired Alaska Airlines captain had a hankering for one particular thing: Chinese food from Pagoda Restaurant in North Pole, Alaska. That’s where he and wife Jackie Pope, an Alaska Airlines flight attendant, planned to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary Feb. 11, near the rustic…
Students compete to find clean-tech solutions to environmental problems
By Ben Raker, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and Halley Knigge, Alaska Airlines A window that harnesses solar energy and sends electricity down its edge to feed the power grid; a hair dye with gold particles that limits the need for reapplications and reduces the chemicals sent down drains; road barriers that use old tires otherwise destined to…
News alert: Internet connectivity
Update 11:35 p.m. An earlier network outage has been restored. Customers are now able to book, change and check in for flights at alaskaair.com. An Internet connectivity issue at 8 p.m. temporarily delayed 22 flights scheduled to depart between 9:45 – 11 p.m. by up to an hour. All systems were restored by 11:20 p.m. and…
![](https://news.alaskaair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/plane-on-skis.jpg?w=1024)
Throwback Thursday: It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s got skis?
Alaska Airlines has been known for a lot of firsts. First airline to offer booking tickets on the Internet and first airline to guarantee your bags arrive on time. But passengers today would do a double-take if they had seen one of Alaska’s early firsts—first airline certified by the FAA to take off and land…
A toast – to the planet!
By Joe Sprague, senior vice president of communications and external relations for Alaska Airlines Raise your hand if you like beer. If your arm shot up, I’m with you. Like a lot of folks, I really enjoy a nice craft beer: an amber, a pale ale and, increasingly, an IPA. Beyond the hoppy deliciousness, enjoying…
![](https://news.alaskaair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/712a9588.jpg?w=1000)
How it works: Alaska Beyond™ Entertainment
We get it: long flights can be boring. Enter Alaska Beyond™ Entertainment – a new service that enables you to watch hit TV shows, movies, and exclusive content from Alaska on your own device at cruising altitude. We’ve been upgrading our Boeing 737 fleet with direct-to-your-device entertainment, and today are thrilled to announce we’re just…
![](https://news.alaskaair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/amcdermott-com-1955.jpg?w=1024)
Ask an Alaska pilot: how do I become a pilot?
By Doug Branch, Captain, Alaska Airlines Doug Branch’s interest in aviation began around the same time he could say the word “plane.” Captain Branch has deep roots in the Pacific Northwest, including growing up on Bainbridge Island and learning to fly at Eastern Washington’s Big Bend Community College. After three years flying for a commuter airline…
![](https://news.alaskaair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/inflight-proposal-e1426871400559.jpg?w=360)
Video: Alaska flight attendant gets big surprise with inflight marriage proposal
Alaska Airlines flight attendant Brandy Hollenbeck began her March 18 flight from Seattle to Juneau, Alaska like any other. As she worked the flight, the first leg of Alaska’s ‘milk run’ through Southeast Alaska, she had no idea that behind the scenes her boyfriend and her fellow flight attendants were scheming to give her a…