
Hawaiian Airlines To Replace Inter-Island Boeing 717s With The 737-800
The carrier will inherit these jets from Alaska Airlines.

The carrier will inherit these jets from Alaska Airlines.

The competitive landscape in the US airline industry looked very different two decades ago. At the time, Delta Air Lines was weaker on the US West Coast, but lacked the resources and funds to grow its operations. So in this video, we take a look at how Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines went from friends to frenemies, why Seattle became the center of their rivalry, and how both airlines are now competing for the future of long-haul travel on the US West Coast.

There's no mid-market cabin class on Alaska Airlines' Dreamliners.

The cabin is inspired from previous Hawaiian products.
Alaska Airlines now has all the Hawaiian fleet data being reported under its brand at the DOT. The impact is

In 2023, we saw Alaska Airlines and Starlux Airlines launch a partnership, coinciding with the Taiwanese carrier commencing service to the United States. While award availability was great for about a day when the partnership first launched, unfortunately it has been extremely limited since then. Every so often we see a dump of award availability, and this is one of those cases!
The carrier will begin two routes to Hawaii, neither of which has had nonstop flights in 12 years. Find out more here!

A closer look at the carrier's strategy on how best to utilize its aircraft during the slow winter season, and the competitive landscape in St Louis.

The new routes will be a game-changer for air travel in the region.

A larger fleet now means more flights to key markets from the airline's busiest airports.
Alaska Airlines is to roll out a Starlink-powered wi-fi connectivity portal, developed in partnership with Finnish design and engineering studio Reaktor.

Carrier joins global alliance after merger with Alaska Air Group, while Boeing 787 fleet shifts to Alaska Airlines

The Boeing 737-900 was part of Alaska Airlines' fleet for almost 25 years.
Alaska Airlines is setting a new standard in inflight connectivity with ultra-fast Starlink Wi-Fi everywhere it flies. The carrier is bringing media and guests along on the journey by tracking its rollout of delivering Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency internet — already available on Hawaiian Airlines’ Airbus A330 and A321neo aircraft. Guests flying with Alaska, Hawaiian and […]

Timeline of the battle in Seattle.
The carrier's free onboard WiFi rollout across its regional fleet is completed, putting the airline ahead of its connectivity schedule.

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines today announced major progress in the rollout of free, lightning-fast Wi-Fi across the combined fleet

Yesterday I covered a bizarre story about a family being denied boarding on an Alaska Airlines flight, because the carrier’s system had the wrong visa requirements (which is embarrassing, but let’s ignore that for a moment). Then after being downgraded on the next flight, they ended up being removed at the request of the flight attendant. I won’t recap the whole thing, so please read that post first.

A family of four booked a ticket on Alaska Airlines, only to incorrectly be denied boarding due to the airline having some sort of a glitch in its system when it comes to visa requirements. They were rebooked, only to be downgraded, have similar issues on the next flight, and nearly miss their flight. But they didn’t miss it… instead, they were kicked off the plane by the purser, after another employee insisted they couldn’t have their assigned seats. Ouch.

Alaska Airlines has dropped four planned seasonal Mexico routes from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas ahead of the 2026–2027 schedule period.