Alaska Posts 1st Qtr Profit...$13.1 million

[Mamma]

Going in the right direction. Hopefully the recalls start soon!

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Alaska-Air-Group-Reports-prnews-2600660145.html?x=0

 

[chucklhed]

You know it won't. That'll barely cover BA's bonus!

 

[NWaviator]

And some growth....

Customers planning a warm weather vacation will have more flight options this year, thanks to new service by Alaska Airlines to Hawaii and Mexico. In addition to new revenue, the flights will reduce schedule seasonality, with the added fall, winter and spring flying helping to counterbalance summer operations.

Horizon Air will add service between San Jose and Los Angeles to strengthen international connections with the airlines’ alliance partners.
Alaska Airlines
Daily year-round flights will start between San Diego and Maui, beginning Oct. 1. Daily seasonal service between San Diego and Puerto Vallarta begins Nov. 12. The airline will also expand flights to Hawaii out of Portland, with four-times weekly seasonal service to Kona, commencing Nov. 12. And Alaska will add a second flight between Seattle and Kona that will operate thrice-weekly from Nov. 11 to April 10, 2011.

“Hawaii and Mexico are among the most popular leisure destinations that Alaska and Horizon serve,” said Joe Sprague, vice president of marketing. “This winter we’ll have 101 roundtrips per week to the four major Hawaiian Islands. And we’re offering low fares and Alaska Airlines Vacations packages to make Hawaii travel even more affordable.”

Alaska Airlines is offering introductory one-way fares of $159 on tickets purchased by
May 4 for travel through Feb. 11, 2011, on all Portland and San Diego flights to Hawaii. Tickets for flights between San Diego and Puerto Vallarta will be available for purchase after the new service is approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Mexico Director General of Civil Aviation.

Alaska Airlines Hawaii service: Peak Nov.-April # Flights/Week

HNL
OGG
KOA
LIH
TOTAL
SEA
14
14
10
7
45
PDX
7
7
4
-
18
ANC
7
3
-
-
10
OAK
-
4
3
-
7
SJC
-
3
4
-
7
SMF
-
7
-
-
7
SAN
-
7
-
-
7
TOTAL
28
45
21
7
101​

To support the new Hawaii flying, Alaska Airlines plans to convert seven of its 737-800 aircraft for ETOPS operations. This means Alaska will have 33 ETOPS jets in its fleet of 55 737-800s by year’s end. Twenty of these aircraft will have been converted to ETOPS in-house by the airline’s technicians. The three- to four-day process involves ensuring the aircraft’s critical systems are modified to the required standards for reliability. This includes installing dual high-frequency radios for long range communications and upgrading onboard avionics, provisioning the passenger cabin with life rafts and other safety equipment, adding ETOPS placards to the nose gear door, putting flower lei decals on the tail, and more.
New San Jose-Los Angeles service
Horizon Air will add four daily roundtrip flights between San Jose and Los Angeles, starting Aug. 23. The new service is timed for convenient connections to domestic and international destinations on Alaska Airlines’ alliance partners Air France, Air Pacific, American, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Delta, KLM, Korean Air, LAN and Qantas.

“With four roundtrip flights a day between San Jose and Los Angeles, our customers will benefit from more convenient international connections to Asia, Mexico, Europe, and Central and South America, and Australia,” said Andrew Harrison, vice president of planning and revenue management.

Travelers can earn double Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles on the new flights between San Jose and Los Angeles through Nov. 23. To qualify, customers must register at alaskaair.com.
Summary of new flightsSan Diego-Hawaii service:DateCity pair DepartsArrives FrequencyOct 1San Diego-Maui 9:20 a.m. 12:10 p.m. DailyOct 1Maui-San Diego 1:10 p.m.9:35 p.m.Daily
San Diego-Mexico service*:
Nov 12–Apr 11 San Diego-Puerto Vallarta10:15 a.m. 2:55 p.m. Daily*
Nov 12–Apr 11 Puerto Vallarta-San Diego 3:40 p.m. 4:35 p.m.Daily*
*Subject to government approval.
Portland-Hawaii service:
Sep 20 Portland-Honolulu 7:25 a.m. 10:25 a.m.DailySep 20 Honolulu-Portland 11:25 a.m. 8:10 p.m. DailyNov 12–Apr 9 Portland-Kona 5:10 p.m. 8 p.m. Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat Nov 12–Apr 9 Kona-Portland 9 a.m5:35 p.m. Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
Seattle-Hawaii service:Nov 11–Apr 7 Seattle-Kona* 5:10 p.m. 8:09 p.m. Tues, Thur, Sun
Nov 14–Apr 10 Kona-Seattle* 9 a.m. 5:45 p.m. Tues, Thur, Sun
*In addition to current daily Seattle-Kona serviceAll times are based on local time zones.
San Jose-Los Angeles service:
Aug 23 San Jose-Los Angeles 7:25 a.m.8:40 a.m. DailyAug 23 San Jose-Los Angeles 9:40 a.m.10:55 a.m.DailyAug 23 San Jose-Los Angeles 3:20 p.m.4:35 p.m.DailyAug 23 San Jose-Los Angeles 6:55 p.m. 8:10 p.m.DailyAug 23 Los Angeles-San Jose 8 a.m. 9:10 a.m. DailyAug 23 Los Angeles-San Jose 1:25 p.m.2:35 p.m.DailyAug 23 Los Angeles-San Jose 5 p.m. 6:10 p.m.DailyAug 23 Los Angeles-San Jose 9:05 p.m. 10:15 p.m. Daily

 

[vixin]

Congrats Alaska!

 

[Going2Baja]

Now how about some RECALLS!!!!!!!

Baja.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Wow! I didn't know the lei was part of ETOPS. Is there some sort of waiver for for airlines that don't have leis on there tails?

 

[Spud]

Maybe your guys could email our guys (Airtran) a couple of pointers.

 

[Bobby Orr 4]

Congrats on the profit Alaska. Hopefully your recalls are coming soon.