Company Info Flashcards
Alaska Values
Own Safety Do the right thing Be kind-hearted Deliver Performance Be Remarkable
Alaska’s Innovations
First airline to use HUD’s 1989
Firs airline to sell tickets online 1995
First airline to use GPS and pioneered RNP approaches to land 1996
First airline to offer web check-in 1999
Recent News Articles
Drop fares between seattle-portland after amtrack train derails
Most fuel efficient airline 7th year and an dow jones sustainability index
New de-icing procedure/equipment can save 30-50% fluid and have revamped process to save time when busy
Early boarding for people wearing holiday sweaters
Tilden describing increaded growth, imporved tech and merge with VA for remaining competitive in Hawaii
Article on Alaska putting first ad on tv in CA “Alaska, that’s how we fly”
Good time to buy stock, expecting it to increase within next two quarters
Alaska dropping Cuba flying due to new restrictions
Launching new service from sfo-kona
Alaska Awards
Highest in customer satisfaction 10 yrs in a row, 2008-2017
Top 10 airlines 2017
Various top airline awards 2016-2017
Most fuel efficient 2010-14
How Many Aircraft In The Fleet?
153 737’s
65 Airbus
Who is the CEO?
Brad Tilden
Is an Eagle Scout and I saw his article written in the Eagle Scout Magazine in summer of 2016
How many flights a day does Alaska have and where to?
1,200 flights daily to 118 destinations in US, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica and Cuba….Cuba ends in Jan 2018
What are some things Alaska Does in the community?
- Took astronomers on recent solar eclipse flight, re-routed flight from anchorage to Honolulu mar 8, 2016 just for pax to see eclipse
- In May 2017, had 9th annual aviation day, which is literally what I have set on my horizon of doing for boy scouts
- “Wings for autism” helps kids with autism see what its like to fly, and help them overcome disability by practing traveling
- “Pack a plane” employees donate food and money to help those less fortunate
- Using biofuel to help show it works and reduces emissions
- Does flight to ‘north pole’ taking kids from shelters on flight to north pole where they are given gifts from donors
- Virgin does bay area make a wish flights
- Saw viedo where someone left a camera, they went through the pics and saw wedding pics and found the registry and sent them a wedding gift and let them know they had the camera
Who is COO and VP of Flight Ops?
Ben Minicucci
Tom Kemp