Alaska

Hawaiian flights will adopt Alaska’s “AS” code in 2026.

Carrier to expand its U.S. footprint in 2026 with two new routes.

The airline sold them to aftermarket parts supplier Aventure Aviation, which will dismantle the aircraft at Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona.

Alaska Air Group advised investors this week that its third-quarter earnings will be “at the low end” of its previous guidance.

Hawaiian Airlines CEO Joe Sprague will retire later this year and be succeeded by Diana Birkett Rakow, currently the senior vice president of public affairs and sustainability at Alaska Airlines.

Alaska Air Group – the parent company of Alaska and Hawaiian – is planning to diversify its order book with larger widebody aircraft.

Alaska’s Aleutian Airways is partnering with its sister company Argentum Airways to restore lost connectivity in the mainly rural state.

Hawaiian became the first major U.S. airline to launch the service last year, with its Airbus fleet fully outfitted with the technology. 

Alaska Airlines is reducing parts of its route network. The changes affect flights to select destinations in both the U.S. and Mexico.

It was at one time the state’s largest rural airline, and a key player in the patchwork of carriers that ties together Alaska’s many remote cities and towns.