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Alaska Airlines is the first of three carriers to retrofit its 737-900s with winglets, which are manufactured by Aviation Partners Boeing. The airline plans to retrofit nine of its 12 aircraft of this type by late 2008. Alaska already has retrofitted its 737-700s with winglets and its 737-800s come equipped with them from the factory. By the end of 2008, Alaska will operate 74 Next-Generation 737s with winglets, representing 64 percent of its 116-aircraft fleet.
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Alaska was a big fan of Lou Reed, T-Rex, etc, but David Bowie was her biggest influence. She even told her mother that she would love to be a boy just to be gay. The birth of punk ... had a big influence on the young Alaska, who soon decided to form a band. She went to El Rastro (Madrid flea market) looking for band members, where she met Nacho Canut and Carlos Berlanga.
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Ryan, who joined Alaska Airlines in 1998, has more than 20 years of experience in the airline industry in a variety of labor relations roles, representing company and union positions. She is a member of the management team currently negotiating with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) on a new contract and previously served as a negotiator for the 2005 contract with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) and the 2002 contract with the Transport Workers Union.
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While Alaska has no state sales tax, 89 municipalities collect a local sales tax, from 1% to 7%, typically 3% to 5%. Other local taxes levied include raw fish taxes, hotel, motel, and B&B “bed” taxes, severance taxes, liquor and tobacco taxes, gaming (pull tabs) taxes, tire taxes and fuel transfer taxes. A percentage of revenue collected from certain state taxes and license fees (such as petroleum, aviation motor fuel, telephone cooperative) is shared with municipalities in Alaska.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Air Group (AAG), the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, has named Ginny Carruthers director of government affairs. In her new role, Carruthers will lead federal affairs activities from the company's Washington, D.C., office.
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Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, together provide passenger and cargo service to more than 80 cities in Alaska, the Lower 48, Canada, and Mexico. Alaska Air Group, Inc., is the holding company for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, Seattle-based carriers that collectively serve more than 70 destinations in the Western U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Alaska Air Group was organized as a Delaware corporation in 1985.
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