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Contract also includes additional 60 reconfirmable aircraft and 100 options SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Embraer (EMBRAER S.A. NYSE: ERJ; BM&FBOVESPA: EMBR3) and SkyWest Inc. (SkyWest) announced a firm order, today, for 40 EMBRAER 175 aircraft. SkyWest will operate the aircraft under a Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with United Airlines. Another 60 firm orders are reconfirmable aircraft, which are subject to SkyWest being awarded CPA agreement...
SEATTLE, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Booking award travel on Alaska Airlines and its partner airlines is now faster and easier thanks to a new one-way award booking feature the carrier recently launched online. Customers can now mix and match award shopping in a variety of ways for flights on Alaska Airlines and five of its Mileage Plan partners, including American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, PenAir and Era. The carrier is scheduled to add its remaining nine partners...
SEATTLE, April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/-- Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK), the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., will announce its first quarter 2013 financial results on Thursday, April 25. A conference call is scheduled at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time/11:30 a.m. Eastern time. Interested parties may listen to the call via webcast at www.alaskaair.com/investors. Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), together with its partner...
HYANNIS, Mass., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The highly-successful University Gateway Program, a four-way collaboration with JetBlue Airways, Cape Air, the University of North Dakota (UND) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), has added another airline. Atlanta-based ExpressJet Airlines, the largest regional airline in the world, will partner with Cape Air to provide a parallel path for aspiring pilots to join JetBlue. The Gateway Program has been designed to...
SEATTLE, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FlightStats.com has named Alaska Airlines the No. 1 on-time major carrier in North America for the third year in a row. Alaska's average on-time rate for 2012 was 87.26. The average on-time performance was 79.62 percent among North American carriers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100917/SF67094LOGO) "This award is a credit to the more than 12,000 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air employees who continue to meet our core promise to...
HYANNIS, Mass., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cape Air's Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Linda Markham as President and Chief Administrative Officer effective March 18, 2013. Preceding President and Chief Operating Officer, Dave Bushy, announced his retirement in January. Markham brings eleven years of strong growth, financial, operational, planning and human resources leadership experience with Cape Air to her new role. She previously served as...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: ENT) ("Global Eagle") today announced the appointment of Robert (Bob) W. Reding to the Company's Board of Directors as of January 31, 2013. Mr. Reding is an independent director serving on Global Eagle's Compensation Committee. His appointment brings the Company's board to eight members, including five independent directors. "We are pleased to welcome Bob Reding to our board," said Ed Shapiro,...
SEATTLE, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK) today reported January operational results for its mainline and consolidated operations. Detailed information is provided below. ALASKA AIRLINES - MAINLINE Alaska reported an 11.8 percent increase in traffic on a 12.2 percent increase in capacity compared to January 2012. This resulted in a 0.2-point decrease in load factor to 83.4 percent. Alaska also reported a record 86.7 percent of its flights arrived on...
FORT WORTH, Texas and SEATTLE, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines and Alaska Airlines announced today that the two airlines are strengthening their relationship by adding new codeshare routes that will offer customers even more choices and benefits when traveling throughout the United States. The codeshare flights are available for purchase today for travel beginning Feb. 7, 2013. The codeshare expansion will allow American to place its code on 22 new Alaska routes...
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines announced today that it has signed a 12-year capacity purchase agreement with Republic Airways Holdings to provide large regional jet flying for the first time in the company's history. This agreement, which is subject to court approval, was enabled by the new pilot contract. It is designed to offer customers more choices with the right-size aircraft to match market demand, strengthen service from American's hubs...
