CommercialAlaska Airlines CEO Says Electric Aircraft Necessary for Future Aviation Sustainability Goals Ben Minicucci, who assumed the position of CEO for Alaska Airlines on March 31, says the northwestern carrier has been studying the capabilities of electric-powered aircraft as a way of helping airlines…
CommercialAPiJet to Make Waze-Like Flying a Reality for Alaska Pilots A new partnership will see real-time aircraft data analytics provider APiJET bring the type of route optimization available to drivers via the popular Waze smartphone application to Alaska Airline pilots. The new…
CommercialDelta Takes Top Spot in Annual Airline Quality Ranking Delta Air Lines was crowned the highest-quality airline in America in the 29th annual Airline Quality Report (AQR), a joint initiative from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical and Wichita State Universities. The AQR evaluates operators…
CommercialAlaska Hacked Like Equifax: Industry Needs to Evolve to Prevent Repeat A month after Alaska Airlines closed its acquisition of Virgin America in December 2016, the Seattle-based airline had been hacked. Alaska discovered a malicious threat actor known to the U.S. Defense Department had abused…
CommercialSecure Aviation Requires a Connected Industry Alaska Airlines is no longer an airline. That’s according to Jessica Ferguson, Alaska’s director of security architecture. It’s now “a technology company that flies planes.” Delivering a keynote speech at this week’s…
ConnectivityAlaska Airlines Director of Fleet Technology Talks Connected 737s Alaska Airlines is in the process of transitioning to a new generation of in-flight connectivity technology, which will be applicable for uses well beyond passenger web surfing. The airline's director of…
ConnectivityNew Satellite Wi-Fi Tech for Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines has selected Gogo’s 2Ku satellite-based Ku-band in-flight connectivity technology for its fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft. Installations are scheduled to begin on Alaska’s Boeing 737 aircraft in the first…
CommercialAlaska Airlines Could Save $5M Annually with New Data Management Installation Alaska Airlines has completed installation of UTC Aerospace Systems’ aircraft data management (ADM) solution on three of its Boeing 737NGs, the United Technologies Corp. company said. The solution hosts NASA’s Traffic Aware…