Alaska Airlines
IATAAS ICAOASA
- Founded
- 14 April 1932 (as McGee Airways)
- Callsign
- ALASKA
- Headquarters
- SeaTac, Washington, United States
- Hubs and bases
- Anchorage, Los Angeles, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma
About the airline
Alaska Airlines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest airline in North America when measured by scheduled passengers carried, as of 2024. Alaska, together with its regional partners Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines, operates a route network primarily focused on connecting cities along the West Coast of the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) to over 100 destinations in the contiguous United States, North America, Asia, Oceania, and Europe. The airline operates out of seven hubs with its primary hub at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Alaska Airlines is a member of Oneworld, the third-largest airline alliance in the world. As of 2020, the airline employs over 16,000 people and has been ranked by J. D. Power as having the highest customer satisfaction of the traditional airlines for twelve consecutive years. In 2024, the airline's parent Alaska Air Group completed an acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines.
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