Alaska Airlines Cancels All Flights to and From Seattle Until 8 P.M. Tonight Due to Earthquake Damage to Tower.News Desks SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2001 Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALK ALK Alkohol (German: alcohol) ALK Alkaline ALK Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase ALK Automatisierte Liegenschaftskarte ALK Activin Receptor-Like Kinase ALK Alkylation ALK Srilankan Airlines (ICAO code) ) has canceled all flights in and out of Seattle until at least 8 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there tonight due to the earthquake damage to the airport tower. As of 2:15 p.m., Alaska has canceled 67 flights. The additional cancellations will affect 25-30 more flights. As a result, approximately 8,000 passengers are expected to be affected by the cancellations. "We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience they're experiencing because of these cancellations," said Bill Ayer, the airline's president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "We fully expect to be back to normal operations tomorrow." Due to the high number of calls coming into Alaska's reservations centers, the airline is advising customers seeking flight status information to visit its website at www.alaskaair.com. Alaska will also continue to distribute updates on the cancellations to the media as information changes throughout the day. |
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