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NewsAlaska Airlines announces cargo management changes following Hawaiian takeover
Jason Berry (L) and Ian Morgan. Source: Alaska AirlinesAlaska Airlines has revealed its new cargo management lineup following its takeover of Hawaiian.The Alaska Airlines board of directors elected Ian Morgan as the new vice president of cargo Alaska Airlines, while Jason Berry will return to cargo after being made executive ...
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Alaska Air Group completes acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines
Alaska Air Group has acquired Hawaiian Airlines, completing a transaction that expands its operation to include transpacific flights and that bolsters Alaska Air’s fleet with its first widebody jets.The Seattle-based company, parent to Alaska Airlines, said on 18 September it had closed the deal, paying $1.9bn in all-stock acquisition to ...
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Alaska Air Cargo targets Los Angeles freighter flights
Alaska Air Cargo is planning to launch freighter flights to Los Angeles - the first time the airline's cargo aircraft will fly further south than Seattle.The carrier said that the new route would be launched in the spring and is made possible by the arrival of two converted Boeing 737-800 ...
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NewsAlaska Air Cargo begins operating first 737-800BCF
Alaska Air Cargo 737-800BCF. Photo: Ingrid Barrentine/ Alaska AirlinesAlaska Air Cargo has put into service a new 737-800BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter) and will add another second 737-800BCF "early next year".The 737-800 freighters have been sourced from Alaska Airlines’ passenger fleet. The US cargo airline currently has three 737-700Fs in ...
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Alaska Air Cargo grows 737 freighter fleet
Alaska Air Cargo has taken delivery of the first of two 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) aircraft from lessor Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management (BBAM).The US cargo carrier plans to use the aircraft for expanded freight service in Alaska and beyond in the coming months.The two 737-800 aircraft are from ...
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Alaska Air Cargo signs up for conversions with Boeing
Alaska Air Cargo has revealed that its next two freighters will be converted by Boeing.The company first announced plans to add two B737-800 freighters to its all-cargo fleet in March, but has now confirmed where they will be converted and given a timeline.The aircraft will be converted by Cooperativa Autogestionaria ...
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NewsAlaska Air Cargo pulls off sky high beer hop
Fresh hops transported by Alaska Air Cargo. Photo: Alaska Air CargoAlaska Air Cargo said it has delivered the industry's first and biggest fresh hops run to breweries in Maui and Anchorage within 24 hours of harvest.The airline delivered more than 1,200 pounds of fresh hops - made from fresh-plucked, undried ...
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NewsAlaska Air Cargo makes beary special flight
Photo: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/ Woodland Park ZooAlaska Air Cargo has flown an orphaned brown bear cub to a new home after it was found wandering alone on a military base outside Anchorage, Alaska.The unnamed 89-pound female bear club has been safely settled at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo after being flown by ...
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InsightsCargo airlines weather the storm of fuel price hikes
The cost of fuel has been a pain point in the aviation industry throughout 2022, but air cargo carriers have tackled the challenge with tenacious determination.Expensive fuel is not a new phenomenon, however, a perfect storm of economic and political issues has seen prices continue to rise this year until ...
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Alaska Air Cargo pledges not to add fuel surcharges
Alaska Air Cargo's managing director Adam Drouhard has pledged that the carrier will not add any fuel surcharges.Other airlines have imposed increases of up 30%, he said.But he acknowledged: “The past few months have been turbulent in some parts of our operation. Our valued customers have weathered last-minute schedule changes ...
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NewsAlaska Air Cargo adds two B737-800 P2Fs to fleet
Photo: Alaska AirlinesAlaska Air Cargo will add two Boeing 737-800 P2F aircraft to its dedicated freighter fleet serving the state of Alaska.These additions increase the freighter fleet from three to five aircraft.The two 737-800 converted aircraft will come from Alaska Airlines existing passenger fleet. The conversion will begin this ...
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NewsAlaska Air Cargo invests in IBS Software’s iCargo
Photo: Alaska AirlinesAlaska Air Cargo will soon implement IBS Software’s iCargo cargo management solution.iCargo is expected to "digitally transform" Alaska Air Cargo's sales & inventory, cargo terminal operations, airmail handling and revenue accounting, and mobile applications.Additionally, iCargo will provide the airline with an end-to-end view of its air cargo operation ...
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NewsAlaska Air Cargo expands management team as volumes grow
Rick Bendix (L), Gina Thomas (C) and Kim Beelitz. Source: Alaska Air CargoAlaska Air Cargo has made three management appointments in response to growing demand.The airline has appointed Kim Beelitz as manager of cargo ground operations in Seattle (SEA).Beelitz has worked with Alaska Airlines for more than a dozen years ...
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SpiceJet's converted B737Fs back in the air after temporary grounding
Indian airline SpiceJet has put all three of its Boeing 737 converted freighters back into service after they were grounded on the advice of Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI), the company that carried out the aircraft conversions for the low cost carrier.SpiceJet’s decision comes a few days after both Qantas Freight ...
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NewsRegulator says B737 conversions can fly with loading restrictions
737-700 during conversion at IAIIsrael's aviation regulator has ordered airlines with Boeing 737 jets converted to freighters by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to comply with loading restrictions and use additional straps when needed before they can resume flying, according to Reuters.Its directive, published as an emergency airworthiness directive on the ...
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Caribbean Cargo expands network with Alaska interline agreement
Caribbean Airlines Cargo has entered into an interline agreement with Alaska Airlines, which expands its cargo network by a further sixteen destinations.The arrangement enables the movement of cargo to several locations such as Anchorage, Hawaii, Utah, Oregon and Nevada.The move comes as part of moves to expand its network with ...
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NewsSea-Tac welcomes season’s first Copper River salmon
Alaska’s Salmon-Thirty-Salmon plane delivers the first Copper River salmonOn 17 May, about 18,000 pounds of fresh Copper River salmon arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) aboard an Alaska Airlines aircraft.That day represented the official start of the salmon season and Alaska Air Cargo will be flying large quantities of Copper ...