Additional snow is expected for the Seattle area beginning Wednesday afternoon/night. While Tuesday was challenging for many guests, who experienced long taxi times and deicing delays, our strategy of proactively thinning our flight schedule worked to mitigate the worst impacts from the storm. We’re implementing a similar strategy for this next snowfall.

• 4 min read
• November 30, 2022

In the wake of the winter storms, our operations have returned to normal across our network. We continue to help our guests with travel arrangements for flights that were canceled over the past week and a half, including booking them on other airlines to get them to their destinations.

• 6 min read
• December 30, 2022

If you’ve ever thought about working for an airline, 2023 might be your year. Alaska Airlines is announcing plans to hire more than 3,500 new employees this year in a variety of roles and functions. As we continue to grow and bring dozens of new airplanes into our fleet, we need thousands of people to…

• 3 min read
• January 10, 2023

The Embraer 175 jet or E175 is now the sole aircraft flown at Horizon Air, Alaska Airlines’ long time regional airline sister company, as we continue to modernize our fleet. The last commercial flight of the Q400 was on Jan. 26 between Spokane and Seattle.

• 3 min read
• January 27, 2023

Our employees are (literally) out of this world! Meet First Officer Nicholas Patrick who came to Alaska after a career in space exploration – including time as an astronaut for NASA. When asked why he chose to fly for Alaska, Nicholas said, “I realized that Alaska was the friendliest airline I’d ever flown. Everyone was happy and helpful, and the standards were very high.”

• 5 min read
• February 8, 2023