On Feb. 5, one day before the crash of Bering Air Flight 445, the Federal Aviation Administration informed a group of Alaska air carriers that it would no longer be a member of two organizations ...

In fact, there’s a federal program called Essential Air Service that subsidizes air carriers to fly critical routes. Throughout the country, there are 172 such routes; 61 are in Alaska.

Alaska is the best place to do this,” Alaska Air Carriers Association Executive Director Will Day said to a crowd of students waiting their turn. “Our university has a program.

The Justice Department in August opted not to block the deal that was announced in December by Alaska, the fifth-largest domestic U.S. airline, to Hawaiian, the 10th-largest carrier.

Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Air Group attempting to merge. Though JetBlue and Spirit's deal fell through, these carriers may have a chance and it could benefit travelers.

Out of 93.47% unionized Alaska Airlines flight attendants — represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA — 99.48% voted in favor of a strike.