citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message alaska air group inc. type public traded as nyse alk dow jones transportation average component industry transportation founded 1985 headquarters seatac wa united states area served united states key people brad tilden ceo president & chairman of the board services airline services revenue us 5.598 billion 2015 1 operating income us 1.298 billion 2015 net income us 848 million 2015 total assets us 5.195 billion 2015 total equity us 2.411 billion 2015 number of employees 15 000 2015 1 website alaskaair.com headquarters for alaska air group alaska air group inc. is an airline holding company based in seatac washington . it owns two certificated airlines operating in the united states alaska airlines 2 and horizon air . 3 it was formed in 1985 and acquired horizon air and jet america airlines the next year . jet america airlines was merged into alaska airlines in 1987 . alaska air group subsidiaries had 14 710 employees in 2007 4 14 143 in 2008 5 and 12 440 in 2009 . 6 on december 31 2011 alaska air group has 12 806 employees 9 640 at alaska airlines and 3 166 at horizon air compared to 12 039 9 013 at alaska airlines and 3 202 at horizon air on december 31 2010 . 7 8 alaska airlines operates only u.s. built boeing aircraft with up to 181 seats while horizon operates only canadian built bombardier aerospace planes with up to 76 seats . 9 in 2011 alaska air group replaced the amr corporation in the dow jones transportation average . 10 on april 4 2016 alaska air group announced that it will acquire virgin america headquartered in burlingame california for 57 per share . the acquisition is expected to be completed by 1 january 2017 . 11 the total price for the acquisition will be approximately 2.6 billion . alaska air group will continue to honor the loyalty programs of both groups with no foreseen changes . virgin america s founder richard branson is sad and disappointed with the merger . virgin america shareholders will still need to vote to approve the merger . 12 contents 1 fleet 2 regional fleet branding and aircraft 3 principal route structure 4 references 5 external links fleet edit as of april 2016 alaska airlines fleet consisted of 153 boeing 737 jet aircraft while horizon air s fleet consisted of 52 bombardier q400 turboprop aircraft which is the largest and fastest member of the dhc 8 family . 7 the alaska airlines fleet includes boeing 737 400 737 700 737 800 737 900 and 737 900er aircraft . 13 regional fleet branding and aircraft edit a bombardier q400 in alaska horizon livery reflecting the rebranding of horizon air alaska air group has created a new branding identity for its horizon air subsidiary and any other independently owned and separately directed affiliate regional airlines it chooses to contract to do regional flying business into markets too limited to be flown only upon alaska airlines mainline equipment . among the other airlines now sub contracted to do additional flying for the alaska air group are ; skywest inc. s skywest airlines whose canadair crj 700 regional jet aircraft dedicated to providing service for the alaska air group are painted in a very similar manner to alaska horizon s illustrated in the image above . skywest s fleet however are branded alaska skywest to differentiate that airlines operations of the bombardier crj short haul regional jet equipment from the equipment presently used by horizon air the alaska air group s sole in house regionally based short haul air carrier subsidiary . principal route structure edit through its two principal airline subsidiaries alaska air group services the needs of passenger and cargo airline markets of the pacific northwest with its extensive route network hub through the cities of seattle and portland . in recent years the alaska air group has expanded heavily upon routes centering upon hawaii and other none airline hub secondary mainland cities and airports with the demise of aloha airlines and ata airlines in 2008 . on april 4 2016 alaska air group announced plans to acquire virgin america airlines pending approval from us government regulators and virgin america shareholders . 14 references edit a b http phx.corporate ir.net phoenix.zhtml c 109361 & p irol reportsannual http www.bizjournals.com portland stories 2009 06 29 daily59.html alaska air group form 8 k current report filing date oct 25 2012 . secdatabase.com . retrieved jan 2 2013 . alaska air group form 10 k annual report filing date feb 20 2008 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved jan 2 2013 . alaska air group form 10 k annual report filing date feb 19 2009 . secdatabase.com . retrieved jan 2 2013 . alaska air group form 10 k annual report filing date feb 19 2010 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved jan 2 2013 . a b alaska air group form 10 k annual report filing date feb 21 2012 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved jan 2 2013 . alaska air group form 10 k annual report filing date feb 23 2011 . secdatabase.com . retrieved jan 2 2013 . http www.alaskaair.com as www2 company fleet fleet.asp hwang inyoung 30 november 2011 . alaska air to replace amr in dow jones transportation average . bloomberg businessweek . archived from the original on 2012 05 09 . retrieved 9 may 2012 . alaska air to acquire virgin america in 4bn deal . bbc news . april 4 2016 . retrieved april 4 2016 . http abcnews.go.com business virgin america alaska air merger story id 38143131 https www.planespotters.net airline alaska airlines alaska air to acquire virgin america in 4bn deal . bbc news . 4 april 2016 . retrieved 4 april 2016 . seattle portal companies portal aviation portal wikimedia commons has media related to alaska airlines and horizon air . external links edit alaska air group sec filings v t e alaska air group certificated airlines alaska airlines horizon air heritage companies air oregon alaska coastal airlines barnhill & mcgee airways jet america airlines mcgee airways star air service transwestern airlines destinations alaska airlines destinations horizon air destinations marketing brands alaska horizon alaska skywest major incidents flight 261 flight 1866 people bill ayer bill boyer jr. bruce r. kennedy linious mac mcgee brad tilden namesakes alaska airlines arena alaska airlines center horizon air summer series list of airline holding companies v t e dow jones transportation average components alaska air group american airlines group avis budget group c. h. robinson csx delta air lines expeditors international fedex j. b. hunt jetblue airways kansas city southern kirby landstar system matson norfolk southern ryder southwest airlines union pacific united continental holdings united parcel service v t e airline holding companies of the united states current alaska air group allegiant travel company american airlines group atlas air worldwide holdings delta air lines inc. hawaiian holdings mesa air group republic airways holdings skywest inc. southern air holdings southwest airlines co. trans states holdings united continental holdings former airtran holdings amr corporation amtran atlantic coast holdings inc. america west holdings bia cor holdings inc. icahn & co. flyi frontier airlines holdings global aero logistics global aviation holdings mair holdings midwest air group metro airlines northwest airlines corporation pan am corporation pan am systems pinnacle airlines corp. texas air corporation trans world corporation tpg capital transamerica corporation ual corporation us airways group see also list of airline holding companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alaska air group & oldid 743031541 categories 1985 establishments in washington state airline holding companies of the united statesalaska air groupaviation in alaskacompanies based in seattlecompanies in the dow jones 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