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The
airline traces its roots to McGee Airways, which flew its
inaugural service between Anchorage and Bristol Bay in 1932
with a single-engined, three-passenger aircraft. Mergers and
acquisitions produced changes in the name and saw business
expand throughout Alaska and the USA. The name Alaska Airlines
was adopted in 1944. Alaska's sister (and wholly owned) airline,
Horizon Air, was founded in 1981 to serve communities using
routes vacated by larger airlines after the Airline Deregulation
Act of 1978. In 1985, Alaska Air Group was formed as a holding
company for Alaska Airlines. A year later the holding company
acquired Horizon Air and Jet America Airlines, which merged
into Alaska Airlines in 1987.
The airline employs 10,040 staff (at January 2005).
The
Alaska Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as
of late May 2006):
* 12 Boeing 737-900s
* 6 Boeing 737-800s
* 22 Boeing 737-700s
* 40 Boeing 737-400s
* 7 Boeing 737-200Cs
* 26 McDonnell Douglas MD-80s comprising:
o 3 McDonnell Douglas MD-82s
o 23 McDonnell Douglas MD-83s
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