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NewsOff-duty Alaska Airlines pilot arrested over attempt to ‘shut the engines down’ on commercial flight
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot was the person who attempted to shut off an Embraer 175’s engines during a 22 October flight, and authorities have seemingly charged that person with 83 counts of attempted murder.
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NewsJump-seat passenger attempts to 'shut' engines of Horizon 175 during 22 October flight
Pilots of a Horizon Air Embraer 175 regional jet diverted during a flight on 22 October after a person in the cockpit jump seat reportedly attempted to shut down the jet’s engines.
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NewsAlaska rides international travel surge to ‘record’ quarterly revenue
Alaska Air Group on 25 July reported a second-quarter profit of $240 million thanks to steady leisure travel and an “unprecedented surge in international demand” during the three months ending in June.
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NewsAlaska plans to bolster regional Horizon routes in Northwest USA
Alaska Airlines plans to boost regional air service in the USA’s Pacific Northwest by increasing flight frequencies to three cities and resuming service to another.
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NewsHorizon Air names Jason Berry senior vice-president of operations
US regional carrier Horizon Air has appointed former Alaska Air Group executive Jason Berry as its senior vice-president of operations.
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NewsAlaska Air Group posts second-quarter profit of $139m
Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines, says strong post-pandemic demand for air travel supported record revenues during the second quarter of 2022.
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NewsAlaska Air Group and Porter Airlines order 28 Embraer jets
Embraer has notched orders for a total of 28 aircraft and 13 options from two North American carriers.
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NewsAlaska Air links with ZeroAvia to fit hydrogen-electric engine to Horizon DHC-8
Alaska Air Group is to co-operate with future propulsion specialist ZeroAvia in a project to convert a De Havilland DHC-8-400 turboprop to be powered by a hydrogen-electric engine. Under the collaboration agreement, the aircraft – which was operating for Alaska’s Horizon Air regional carrier – will be fitted with ZeroAvia’s ...
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NewsAlaska applies to DOT for codeshare with Iberia
Alaska Airlines and its regional airline affiliates Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines have applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for permission to codeshare with its Oneworld partner, Spain’s Iberia.
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NewsAlaska orders additional E175s, plans to acquire 13 more 737 Max
Alaska Air Group has ordered nine Embraer 175s, while partner SkyWest Airlines has ordered another eight E175s to operate for Alaska.
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NewsAlaska reports market improvement despite $431m Q2 loss
Alaska Air Group lost $431 million in the third quarter of 2020, though the company insists its passenger and financial figures continue improving month by month.
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Absence of runway lights preceded Q400's taxiway landing
US investigators probing the inadvertent landing on a taxiway by a Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 have disclosed that no NOTAM information had been issued warning of inoperative runway lights at the time.
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Horizon Air picks Embraer for E175 airframe MRO
US carrier Horizon Air has assigned heavy maintenance checks for a fleet of Embraer 175 regional jets to the manufacturer's MRO centre in Nashville.
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PICTURE: Alaska kicks off commercial flights from Paine Field
Passengers on an Embraer E175 aircraft operating as Alaska Airlines on 5 March became the first commercial flight out of the new terminal at Paine Field airport in Washington after the government shutdown delayed the debut flight.
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Alaska's Horizon swings to profit amid regional jet shift
Alaska Air Group says it has straightened out problems at regional subsidiary Horizon Air, which in recent years suffered labour strife, operational snarls and an acute pilot shortage.
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FBI concludes former Horizon staffer intentionally crashed Q400
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has concluded that former Horizon Air staffer Richard Russell, acting alone, stole and intentionally crashed a Horizon Bombardier Q400 in August
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Cockpit recorder parts retrieved from Horizon Q400 crash site
Investigators probing the unauthorised departure, and subsequent crash, of a Bombardier Q400 from Seattle have recovered the remaining parts of the turboprop’s cockpit-voice recorder.
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Opinion
OPINION: Mental health issues should be real focus of Horizon probe
On the surface the extraordinary Q400 larceny at Seattle might inevitably seem to be a prelude to new security countermeasures. But it only seems that way.
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FBI speaks to airport workers as Q400 theft inquiry progresses
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now interviewing airport and airline workers as part of its inquiry into the theft and subsequent crash of a Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 turboprop on 10 August.
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FBI recovers recorders from crashed Horizon Q400
Federal Bureau of Investigation has recovered the flight data recorder and "components" of the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of a stolen Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 that crashed outside Seattle on 10 August.