Alaska Air Group paid record annual bonuses totaling $72 million this week to nearly all of its 12,600 employees for exceeding the company’s 2010 operational and financial goals. The bonus of…

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• February 17, 2011

Alaska Air Group’s board of directors today officially accepted the resignation of longtime board member Mark Hamilton. Hamilton, who served on the Air Group board since 2001, tendered his…

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• February 9, 2011

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air today announced a sale on flights from Portland International Airport. Fares start as low as $57* one way and are good for travel from Feb. 14 through May 11, 2011….

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• February 4, 2011

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK) today reported January operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon). ALASKA AIRLINES Alaska reported a 15.8…

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• February 2, 2011

Alaska Airlines announced today that the carrier’s 2,600 clerical, office and passenger service employees have ratified a new three-year contract by more than 90 percent of union members who…

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• January 31, 2011

Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK), the parent company of Alaska Airlines Inc. and Horizon Air Industries Inc., today announced it will webcast a presentation by Brandon Pedersen, Alaska’s vice…

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• January 27, 2011

The Portland Timbers and Alaska Airlines invite soccer fans to create artwork to adorn a Boeing 737-700 in a “Paint the Plane” contest. The Timbers-branded plane will be revealed this spring…

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• January 27, 2011

Horizon Air announced today it is retiring its public brand and will adopt the trademark Eskimo of its sister company, Alaska Airlines, on its fleet. The change follows a shift made earlier this…

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• January 25, 2011

Highlights: Record fourth-quarter net income excluding special items of $47.4 million, or $1.28 per diluted share, compared to $4.4 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of…

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• January 25, 2011

Mark Bocchi has been promoted to managing director of sales and community marketing for Alaska Airlines. A veteran Alaska/Horizon Air employee for nearly three decades, Bocchi previously served as…

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• January 21, 2011

Alaska Airlines and the University of Washington today announced a partnership to rename UW’s on-campus basketball arena “Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.” The arena sponsorship is…

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• January 20, 2011

Alaska Airlines announced that members of its Mileage Plan frequent flier program can earn Double Miles on the carrier’s nonstop flights between Anchorage, Alaska, and Los Angeles (LAX), starting…

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• January 19, 2011