Alaska Air Group News

Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Steve Poynter and Cynthia Collins at the head of a group of marchers outside Alaska Air Group's Tuesday meeting.

ABOARD THE M/V MALASPINA - The challenge facing Capt. John Falvey is this: combine an aging infrastructure with new technology and tightening budgets to provide an essential service - the Alaska Marine Highway System.

Slog tipper Nicole Ramirez says she and about 100 protesters are inside the Alaska Airlines' annual shareholder meeting, happening now at Pier 66 in downtown Seattle.

An annual rite of spring in Seattle - the arrival of the first planeload of Copper River salmon from Alaska - is scheduled Friday morning at Sea-Tac Airport.

A few of the first fish will hit the grill in a cook-off of local chefs near the Alaska Air Cargo warehouse.

Delta Air Lines had the only sizable upswing in short interest in the U.S. airline industry between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates.

Airline stocks have outperformed the S&P 500 this year. Although most of them have reported the quarterly earnings for 1Q2013, monthly traffic reports are useful in determining the short-term performance of the carriers.

The firm set a "buy" rating and a GBX 44 price target on the stock. Alkane Energy Plc opened at 30.10 on Thursday.

SkyWest is a regional airline based out of St. George, Utah, operating regionally through its subsidiaries.

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The firm currently has an "underweight" rating on the stock. Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock.

It's that special salmon time of year - the much heralded and tasty, wild Copper River Kings are coming.

Stocks traded in a tight range Monday and ended mixed. The Nasdaq outperformed again, thanks to another strong showing from At the close, the Nasdaq rose 0.4%. The S&P 500 added 0.2% and the Dow Jones industrial average fell less than 0.1%. Preliminary data showed NYSE and Nasdaq volume coming in about 13% lower than Friday's levels.

The parent of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air has been gaining altitude on the profit front amid efforts to reduce costs, improve service and expand its routes.

Last month, Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. -- the parent company of Hawaiian Airlines -- reported its second straight disappointing quarter.

The carrier plans to continue to raise its flying capacity through 2013 in order to maintain its top-line growth.

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the largest inflow was seen in the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund , which added 5.9 million shares, or a 2.8% increase week over week.

Alaska Airlines will begin new service between Portland, Ore., and Atlanta starting Aug.

Alaska Airlines said it will begin flying nonstop daily from Portland International Airport to Dallas/Fort Worth and Atlanta later this summer.

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