INFORMATIONALSep 14, 2026How Ryanair and Alaska Airlines Are Using AI to Make Real Decisions, Not Just PredictionsAirlines are moving beyond AI predictions and letting artificial intelligence make real operational decisions. Explore how Ryanair, Alaska Airlines and Cathay Pacific are using AI for crew scheduling, overbooking and contrail avoidance and what this means for the future of airline operations.Read More →
NEWSSep 07, 2026Alaska Air Group Faces $521,000 Lawsuit After Rain Ruins 11 Japanese Artworks in Checked LuggageA Hawaii art dealer is suing Alaska Airlines for over $521,000, claiming rain destroyed 11 Japanese paintings left on the tarmac in Honolulu.Read More →
NEWSAug 28, 2026Piper PA-24 Crashes Off Alaska Coast, Killing All Four AboardA Piper PA-24 Comanche crashed into shallow waters near Seldovia, Alaska, killing all four people on board. Federal investigators are examining the wreckage.Read More →
NEWSAug 10, 2026Passenger Threatens to "Take Over" Alaska Airlines Aircraft, Rebooked on a Later FlightAn Alaska Airlines flight in Miami went into cockpit lockdown after a passenger threatened to take over the aircraft before takeoff.Read More →
NEWSJul 27, 2026FAA Warns Boeing 737 MAX Seat Failure Could Endanger PassengersThe FAA issued a proposed airworthiness directive over faulty passenger seat tracks on Boeing 737 MAX aircraft that could fail during flight.Read More →
ROUTESJul 22, 2026Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines to Launch 737 Interisland Flights This FallAlaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines will introduce Boeing 737 service on interisland Hawaii routes starting fall 2025. Here's what travelers need to know.Read More →
NEWSJul 07, 2026Man Admits to Stabbing Fellow Passenger With Homemade Shank on Alaska Airlines Flight to Las VegasA man pleaded guilty to attacking a random passenger with a homemade weapon during an Alaska Airlines flight bound for Las Vegas.Read More →
ROUTESMay 21, 2026Alaska Airlines Has Just Taken Off to London for the First Time, and a Boeing 737 to Iceland Is Only One Week AwayAlaska Airlines officially entered the transatlantic market today, operating its first-ever nonstop service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and London Heathrow, marking a fundamental shift in the identity of a carrier that, until recently, had never flown passengers across the Atlantic.Read More →
ROUTESApr 28, 2026Alaska Airlines Just Flew to Europe for the First Time in Its 93-Year HistoryAt 5:30 PM Pacific time on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, Alaska Airlines Flight AS180 lifted off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport bound for Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport, and 93 years of Pacific-only aviation history came to an end. Read More →
NEWSApr 24, 2026ICE Boarded a Man on the Wrong Flight to Alaska and Ignored the Crew Who Tried to Stop ThemA deeply troubling incident from May 2025 has only now come to light following a detailed investigation by The Seattle Times, one that reveals how federal immigration officers boarded a deportee onto entirely the wrong Alaska Airlines flight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, ignored repeated warnings from flight attendants, and then compounded the error by re-detaining the man for a further 16 days after an airline captain used his own money to help him. Read More →
