Alaska Airlines is a major American
airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle
metropolitan area. It is the fifth largest airline in the United States when
measured by fleet size, scheduled passengers carried, and number of
destinations served. Alaska, together with its regional partners Horizon
Air and Sky West Airlines, operate a large domestic route network,
primarily focused on connecting from the Pacific Northwest and Alaska to
over one hundred destinations in the contiguous United States, Hawaii, Canada, Costa
Rica, and Mexico.
The airline operates out of five hubs, with its
primary hub being at Seattle/Tacoma. Alaska Airlines is currently not
a member of any of the three major airline alliances, but it plans to
join one world by early 2021. However, it has code share
agreements with 17 airlines, including member airlines of One world, Sky
Team, Star Alliance, and unaffiliated airlines.
As of 2020, the airline employs over 16,000 people
and been ranked by J. D. Power and Associates as having the highest
customer satisfaction of the traditional airlines for twelve
consecutive years. On February 4, 2020, Alaska Airlines announced an interline
agreement with French Bee at San Francisco International Airport and
Newark Liberty International Airport.
