Alaska Airlines, based in SeaTac, near Seattle, Washington in the United States, has announced new flights to Hawaii.

In July 2009, the on-time arrival rate of carriers based in the United States was the highest for a July in six years as airlines operated lesser number of flights because of the global economic recession.

Alaska Airlines is starting daily, non-stop flights between in San Jose, California, and Austin in Texas – the two major technology hubs of the United States – on September 2, 2009.

Alaska Airlines plans to start daily nonstop Seattle-Houston flights from Sept 23, 2009.

Alaska Airlines Group has said that Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air will start charging passengers $15 for the first bag checked.

Alaska Airlines, based in Seattle, Washington, the United States, has launched in-flight wireless internet service on a trial basis for passengers using Wi-Fi-enabled notebooks, smartphones and other personal electronics devices having wireless internet access.

Alaska Airlines, based in Seattle, Washington, the United States, has announced that it will start a new, non-stop flight from Portland in Oregon to the island of Maui in Hawaii three days a week from August 7, 2009.

Delta Air Lines, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, and Alaska Airlines, based in Seattle, Washington, the United States, have announced that they will become “preferred alliance partners” along the Pacific Coast.