Alaska Airlines outage grounds flights nationwide — A hardware failure at a third-party data center forced Alaska and Horizon to halt all flights for three hours Sunday night, causing more than 150 cancellations and ongoing delays at Sea-Tac.
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Boeing settles with Alaska Airlines over door plug incident — Company agrees to pay $160 million after panel blew off 737 Max jet mid-flight in January, prompting federal investigations and grounding of fleet.
May 2025
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Alaska Airlines launches Tokyo flights from Seattle, marking start of international expansion — Daily service to Narita, operated by Hawaiian Airlines, kicks off a new long-haul strategy with plans to reach 12 international destinations from Seattle by 2030.