Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Alaska Air Group Inc. ua nalowale ʻo ia he $19.2 miliona, a i ʻole 53 keneta no kēlā me kēia hapa i ka hapaha mua a hoʻohui ʻia e hoʻomaka ana ia e hoʻopaʻa i nā poʻe kaʻa he $15 no kā lākou ʻeke ʻeke mua.
Hoʻohālikelike ka pohō o ka hapaha mua me ka poho o $27.3 miliona, a i ʻole he pohō o $1.01 i ka ʻāpana i ka makahiki ma mua.
I ka hapaha hope loa, ua hōʻike ka hui ʻo Seattle (NYSE: ALK) i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pā wahie he $ 10 miliona. Me ka ʻole o nā mea i hoʻokahi manawa, ua hōʻike ka hui i kahi poho o $ 25.4 miliona, a i ʻole he 70 keneta no kēlā me kēia. Ua manaʻo ka poʻe loiloi i koho ʻia e Thomson Reuters First Call i ka nalowale o 49 keneta o ka mahele.
"ʻOiai ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia kā mākou hopena kālā mua ma mua o ka makahiki i hala ma muli o ka emi nui ʻana o ke kumukūʻai wahie, hōʻino mākou i ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi poho no ka hapaha. No ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena o ka emi nui o ka noi huakaʻi ea, ua hōʻemi mākou i kā mākou papa manawa, hoʻokaʻawale hou i ka hiki a hana i nā hana uku. Ke pane nei mākou i ka hoʻomau ʻole o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma o ka mālama ʻana i kahi pae olakino o ka wai, hoʻomaha i kekahi mau hoʻolimalima kālā, kaohi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai, hōʻemi i ka hiki a me ka ʻimi ikaika ʻana i nā manawa kālā, "wahi a Bill Ayer, ka luna a me ka Luna Nui o Alaska Air Group, ma kahi ʻōlelo.
ʻO kekahi o nā manawa loaʻa kālā e hoʻokumu ʻia e ka mokulele i ka lā 7 Iulai ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka ʻana e hoʻopaʻa i nā mea hele $15 no kā lākou ʻeke ʻeke mua.
ʻO Alaska kekahi o nā mokulele US hope loa i hoʻomaka i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mea hele no ka nānā ʻana i nā ukana. Ua ʻōlelo ka mokulele e hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi "hōʻoia ʻeke," kahi e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai e loaʻa kahi ʻeke i ka ʻeke ukana i loko o 25 mau minuke ma hope o ke kū ʻana o ka mokulele o ka mokulele ma ka ʻīpuka, a i ʻole e loaʻa i ka mea holo ka $25 a i ʻole 2,500 o ka mileage plan mileage o ka mokulele.
E hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā lālā o ka papahana MVP Alaska mua a me MPV Gold mai ka uku ukana, wahi a Alaska.
ʻO Alaska Air Group's Horizon Air ka nui loa a ʻo Alaska Airlines ke kolu o ka mokulele kalepa nui loa ma Portland International Airport, e like me ka Portland Business Journal's 2009 Book of Lists.
