Alaska Airlines to Begin Service Between Seattle and Boston.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2002 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) ), the West Coast's dominant carrier, will inaugurate in·au·gu·rate tr.v. in·au·gu·rat·ed, in·au·gu·rat·ing, in·au·gu·rates 1. To induct into office by a formal ceremony. 2. daily service between Seattle and Boston beginning April 4. Boston becomes the third U.S. city east of the Rockies served by the 70-year-old, Seattle-based carrier. "Since Boston and Seattle are high-tech centers and highly popular vacation destinations, there's a natural commonality com·mon·al·i·ty n. pl. com·mon·al·i·ties 1. a. The possession, along with another or others, of a certain attribute or set of attributes: a political movement's commonality of purpose. between the two cities," said Gregg Saretsky, Alaska's senior vice president of marketing and planning. "This will be the I-90 of the air," Saretsky said, referring to the interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. that begins in Boston and ends in Seattle. Alaska will operate 120-seat Boeing 737-700s on the flight, which will depart Seattle at 8:35 a.m., arriving in Boston at 5 p.m. The westbound flight departs Boston at 5:55 p.m. and arrives in Seattle at 9:20 p.m. Like the service Alaska launched to Washington, D.C., in September, service to Boston is made possible by the long-range capability of the carrier's new fleet of Next Generation Boeing 737-700 and -900 aircraft. Known for its high quality customer service and leading edge technology, Alaska Airlines was recently voted "World's Best Domestic Airline" by readers of Travel+Leisure magazine. For reservations go to www.alaskaair.com, call Alaska's toll-free reservations line at 1-800-ALASKAAIR (1-800-252-7522) or call your travel agent. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines Newsroom on the Internet at http://newsroom.alaskaair.com. |
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