Company Watch - Alaska Air Group.Oct 9, 2006 Alaska faces double-digit increases in unit costs. Alaska Air Group said yesterday in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it expects a 38% year-over-year jump in third-quarter unit costs at 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. and a 21% increase in CASM CASM Cost per Available Seat Mile CASM Communities and Small-scale Mining CASM Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine CASM Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics (Univeristy of Cambridge, UK) CASM Coherent Adaptive Subcarrier Modulation at Horizon Air due to rising fuel costs and special items. AAG AAG Association of American Geographers (Washington, DC) AAG Assistant Attorney General AAG Asociación Argentina de Golf AAG Anti-Aircraft Gun AAG Assistant Adjutant General AAG Australian Association of Gerontology said it expects to take a pre-tax third-quarter charge of $55-$60 million related to its decision to buy out five of nine long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. MD-80 leases and a $30 million charge related to a voluntary severance package A severance package is pay and benefits an employee receives when they leave employment at a company. In addition to the employee's remaining regular pay, it may include some of the following:
Alaska Airlines announced the addition of a second daily winter season Fairbanks-Seattle frequency beginning Feb. 11 aboard a 737-400. Oct 6, 2006 Alaska Airlines flew 1.4 billion RPMs in September, up 5.9% over the year-ago month. Capacity rose 4.2% to 1.91 billion ASMs and load factor improved 1.2 points to 73.6%. Horizon flew 218.6 million RPMs last month, an increase of 4.6%, against a 3.8% rise in ASMs to 301.6 million, lifting load factor 0.6 point to 72.5%. Oct 6, 2006 Alaska Airlines third-quarter CASM is expected to be 13.1 cents, or 7.4 cents excluding fuel and special items, a decrease of 2% from the year-ago quarter. Horizon's CASM should come in at 18 cents, or 13.9 cents excluding fuel and special items, an increase of 9%. Oct 6, 2006 Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 2, 2006 |
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