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Alaska's World news archives
News Archive for May 2009

May editionMay edition of Alaska's World newspaper (pdf)

top story
05/29/09 M&E sparkles
Alaska wins 8th straight Diamond Award for maintenance training excellence
05/28/09 TSA plans to take over
watch list monitoring

'Secure Flight' will require travelers
to give full name, gender, date of birth
05/27/09 Boeing Five-Oh
MD-80 transition team rides on delivery
of Alaska's 50th 737-800
05/26/09 Alaska helps FBI convict man
for aiming laser beam at jets

Californian first to be found guilty of felony
for interfering with pilots
05/21/09 Air Group shareholders
ratify 'say on pay' proposal

Vote on pilot contract announced
during annual shareholders meeting
05/21/09 Air Group shareholders
ratify 'say on pay' proposal

Vote on pilot contract announced
during annual shareholders meeting
05/19/09 Filled to the gills
Copper River season
is off to a solid start
05/20/09 Representing Alaska as an ambassador
How you can help boost the company’s bottom line
05/19/09 Pilots ratify new contract
Four-year pact boosts pay;
adds retirement, productivity changes
05/19/09 Alaska, Horizon lead sponsorship
of Courage Classic bicycle tour

Riders sought for 174-mile ride over three mountain passes
05/18/09 Honoring service, leadership
and teamwork

Alaska Airlines pays homage
to its newest 'rock stars'
>> See profiles of the 2009 Legends, including video
05/15/09 Touchdown! Air Cargo delivers season's 1st Copper River salmon
UW Coach Sarkisian 'catches' 40-pound king
05/14/09

Warren Metzger dies at 89
Retired chief pilot, flight ops VP
flew in 'Operation Magic Carpet'

05/13/09 Thompson/Tansky tourney raises $24,000 for scholarships
Annual event included a rubber duck race
05/12/09 Volcano smothers Alaska's
on-time record in March

But employees score high for customer satisfaction
05/07/09 Duet in the skies
Tailoring Alaska and Horizon flying
to capacity builds a stronger company
05/06/09 Alaska expands Hawaii service, adds routes to Atlanta and Houston
Schedule changes stem from reduced capacity to Mexico
>> Message from Brad Tilden
05/05/09 BOLD Initiative builds bridges for young adults
Alaska / Horizon and other top companies pave a path from school to a business career
05/04/09 Employees invited
to annual meeting May 19

Q&A session with executives starts
at 11 a.m., meeting at 2 p.m.
05/01/09 April on-time performance
greatly improved

Several company goals were exceeded
hot links
05/26/09 Alaska, Air Pacific form frequent flier partnership
Members can earn and redeem miles on Air Pacific flights to the South Pacific
05/22/09 Malaysia, India carriers go ZED; domestic partners qualify on Delta
Fly to India for $124 each way
05/19/09 Stepping lightly on the earth
Alaska and Horizon employees recycle electronics, cut driving
05/18/09 Buying Mileage Plan miles
is even easier

Program allows customers to purchase miles when they buy tickets online
05/13/09 'Day at the Races' benefits
Ronald McDonald house

Emerald Downs hosts an event on Saturday to benefit nonprofit
05/05/09 April traffic report
Capacity and traffic are down; load factors up
05/04/09

Q & A on Annual Funding Notice
Notice only affects employees enrolled in a pension plan

05/01/09

Alaska, Horizon announce
spring fare sale

Nearly all cities are discounted and fares available into summer

 
Hot Shot
05/29//09 Room with a view
BarbaraAnn and Michael Smith recently spent time in Italy and France.
05/26//09 Nice work if you can get it
Shirley Cohen took this photo of beach sweepers
while on vacation in Cancun
05/20//09 Sea of smiles
Arnie Tharp captured this shot of Eskimo tails at LAX
05/15//09 No swine flu fears here
Lisa Taylor took her family to Cabo San Lucas despite media hype
05/12//09 Charming Cinque
Rose Nobis was taken in by Vernazza in Italy
05/06//09 Tiptoeing through
Grace Escobar visited the Skagit Valley Tulip festival, about an hour north of Seattle

05/04//09 Barcelona beauty
The Arc de Triomf in Barcelona is stunning at night