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Alaska Airlines

Logo: Alaska Airlines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Airline in the United States

Alaska Airlines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest airline in North America when measured by scheduled passengers carried, as of 2024.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1932Founded1
  • Tickeron NYSE1
  • HeadquartersSeattle1
  • Founded inAnchorage1
  • Websitewww.alaskaair.com
  • Listed onNew York Stock Exchange (ALK)1
  • Incorporated inAK5
  • Business addressP O Box 68900, 19300 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Wa 9816885

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Alaska Boeing 737-900ER N407AS departing Boston June 2025
Photo: 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Alaska Airlines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest airline in North America when measured by scheduled passengers carried, as of 2024. Alaska, together with its regional partners Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines, operates a route network primarily focused on connecting cities along the West Coast of the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) to over 100 destinations in the contiguous United States, North America, Asia, Oceania, and Europe.3

The story

Founded by Linious McGee in 1932, in Anchorage.1

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jan 2, 1990Went public Listed on NYSE1
  2. 1932Founded Founded in Anchorage1

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