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Alaska Airlines grounds fleet for 3 hours

Alaska Airlines grounds fleet for 3 hours

07/21/25
Sunday evening turned troublesome for Alaska Airlines and thousands of its passengers when the carrier experienced an IT outage and issued a system-wide ground stop for Alaska Airlines and Horizons Air flights to address the issue. The ground stop lasted just a few hours, but it may take days to get all affected passengers to […]
Orlando Airport pin exchange + Win a Tokyo trip

Orlando Airport pin exchange + Win a Tokyo trip

05/14/25
In March 2024, Orlando International Airport (MCO) joined the Pin Trading world with its very own line of collectible “MCO Icons” pins. Since then, travelers have picked up pins (and pairs of the airport’s snazzy socks) through occasional giveaways and pin exchanges online and onsite. Here’s another chance to get those goodies. There’s an MCO […]
Flights we’d take on Alaska and United

Flights we’d take on Alaska and United

05/13/25
Alaska Airlines’ 1st intercontinental route: SEA to Tokyo (Image courtesy Port of Seattle) On Monday, Alaska Airlines celebrated its first intercontinental flight to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (NRT). The new daily flight, operated by Hawaiian Airlines, which Alaska Airlines acquired in September 2024, is on an A330 aircraft and is the first of 12 international […]
Airlines offer travel advisories/waivers for weather & 737-9 MAX inspections

Airlines offer travel advisories/waivers for weather & 737-9 MAX inspections

01/09/24
Between the storms in many regions of the country and the grounding of all Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft for inspection, there are a lot of flight cancellations, schedule disruptions, and airline travel alerts. Here are links to the current travel advisories and waivers (as of early Tuesday, January 9, 2024) in effect for some of […]
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