Alaska Airlines Names Three Directors in Alaska.Business Editors, Travel Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2000 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. has named three new directors to positions in Alaska. Joseph Sprague has accepted the position of regional sales director. He will be based in the Anchorage Anchorage (ăng`kərĭj), city (1990 pop. 226,338), Anchorage census div., S central Alaska, a port at the head of Cook Inlet; inc. 1920. regional headquarters and will be responsible for sales efforts throughout the state, overseeing the Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks sales offices. Sprague has a wide variety of marketing and operations experience at Era Aviation and Harbor Air, code share partners with Alaska. He also has held a variety of positions in the air transport industry, including a stint as a pilot for Wings of Alaska Wings of Alaska is an American scheduled and charter airline company based in Juneau in the U.S. state of Alaska. History Wings of Alaska was set up in 1984, to fly tourists, many of them who were to visit Alaska for very short periods of time, on flightseeing tours and . Sprague lives in Anchorage and assumed his new duties on June 5. Susan Bramstedt has assumed her duties as director of public affairs/Alaska and executive director of the new Alaska Airlines Foundation. Bramstedt's duties also include civic and community relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. , administering the airline's four community advisory boards and managing the company's sponsorship and contribution activities in the state. The Alaska Airlines Foundation will support non-profit educational efforts that address unique needs in local communities throughout Alaska and Washington state. Bramstedt was born in Fairbanks and is a member of the board of directors of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is a semi-professional symphony orchestra located in Anchorage, Alaska. The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1946, more than a decade before Alaska became a state, by a consortium of like-minded musicians looking for a , the Providence Providence, city (1990 pop. 160,728), state capital and seat of Providence co., NE R.I., a port at the head of Providence Bay; founded by Roger Williams 1636, inc. as a city 1832. Alaska Foundation, and the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum. Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. LaLonde has assumed the duties of director of station operations for Alaska, responsible for the operation of all the airline's 19 stations in the state. LaLonde began his career with Alaska as a customer service agent in Sitka. He became a customer service agent in Nome in 1980 and has served as customer service manager in Kotzebue, reservations manager, manager of contract services and customer service manager in Anchorage. With the recently inaugurated service between Anchorage/Fairbanks and Chicago, Alaska Airlines now serves 43 cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Recently, readers of Travel & Leisure magazine voted the carrier the "World's Best Domestic Airline," while readers of Conde Nast Traveler voted the carrier the best major U.S. airline. |
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