Alaska Airlines’ board of directors has elected Diana Birkett Rakow vice president of external relations, leading the airline’s government affairs, corporate communications and community relations teams in Alaska, Hawaii, San Francisco and Seattle. Birkett Rakow succeeds Joe Sprague, a 17-year …

Alaska Airlines announced today that Singapore Airlines will be its newest Global Partner. Members of Alaska Mileage Plan and Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer loyalty programs will begin earning miles on each other’s flights beginning Sept. 27. Mileage Plan members will be …

Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc., Virgin America Inc. and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., today announced it will webcast a presentation by Brad Tilden, Alaska’s chairman and chief executive officer, and Brandon Pedersen, Alaska’s executive vice …

Alaska Airlines this week begins daily, nonstop service from San Jose, California to Austin, Texas, and Tucson, Arizona. With these new flights, Alaska serves more destinations from Mineta San Jose International Airport than any other airline by offering nonstop service …

Alaska Airlines will be serving a majority of the destinations from the Mineta San Jose International Airport as compared to other airlines. There will be nonstop service to 18 destinations resulting in total 31 daily departures. Alaska Airlines will serve …

Alaska Airlines has selected Gogo to provide next-generation satellite-based inflight Wi-Fi service across its entire Boeing and Airbus fleet. Gogo’s broadband 2Ku service provides the significantly faster connection speed needed tostream content from services like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO GO …

Horizon Air’s board of directors has elected George Knobloch as vice president of maintenance and engineering, effective immediately. In his new role, Knobloch will oversee maintenance and engineering operations at the airlines’ six maintenance facilities and a team of more …