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2 Property; 3 Company. 3.1 Fleet; 3.2 Route network.

All Alaska Air does not give away free passes, no matter what Facebook says.

This Alaska Air Facebook fraud is back, with vigour. It' back with revenge, and some of you are going to fall for that Alaska Air Facebook fraud again. This con looks so genuine! Also in April 2016 it seemed realistic when we first started writing about it, and now it has.

On both occasions, a voucher shows the Alaska Airlines emblem and a plane flies over snow-covered heights. Font is the same as in genuine advertisements for the carrier. What exactly is the con trying to get from you? Betrayal told us, "We only have 120 left, so make it quick!"

Summervile, Oregon, wife got suspicious as she went on with the con. "I came to the subtle details about the purchase of items and subscription and knew that it was fake," she wrote on the legal Alaska Air Facebook page. Things like, no formal regulations postings; the emblem and face on the rear of the aircraft used in the fraud are out of date; you were asked to fill out a poll and "share" the counterfeit voucher.

Meanwhile, if you fell for the con, you should know what to do next. - Changing your Facebook passphrase. - Of course you can modify your e-mail address.

While Southwest Airlines again generated a substantial net income in the past three months, Alaska Air experienced difficulties with its recently expanded activities in California.

In the past three months, Southwest Air continued to make a substantial gain, while Alaska Air experienced difficulties with its recently expanded activities in California. Over the past few years, Southwest Airline (NYSE:LUV) and Alaska Air (NYSE:ALK) have been the two most popular US carriers. South West and Alaska have generated envious spreads through a blend of low rates and a tireless commitment to efficiencies.

The fate of the two companies, however, was different in the third three months. Thusuthwest Airline again achieved a substantial net income for the third three months. Meanwhile, Alaska Air tripped and recorded a significant decrease in its profitability compared to the previous year. Much of the difference is due to how these two companies did in California. In the last three months, Southwest Airline was severely affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Nevertheless, sales per available seating miles (RASM) fell by only 0.5% compared to the previous year. In the past three months Southwest achieved a substantial net income under difficult circumstances. South West Airlines. Consequently, Southwest reported a sound $871 million net income from operations in the last three months (again without exceptional items). The good results of Southwest Airlines were remarkable for two main reason.

Initially, it caused many storm-related disturbances - unlike Alaska Air, which has a minimum operational readiness level in Houston and Florida. Secondly, Southwest has large facilities in several of United Continental's (NYSE:UAL) hubs, many of which were hit by carfares in the last three months. The majority of other carrier companies with a wide domestic coverage experienced strong earnings decreases in the third quarter. 14 % of all carrier companies recorded a decline in profits.

In the past three months, Alaska Air recorded a 2% rise in core EPS compared to the previous year. In December of last year, however, the corporation took over Virgin America and thus increased its sales by around a third, so that it should record significantly higher profit in this year. Alaska' s costs developed quite well in the last three months.

The RASM, however, fell by 1.6% year-on-year. For the third quarter of 2016, Virgin America's results are included as part of the settlement. As a result, underlying pre-tax earnings decreased 13% year-over-year on a combination of Alaska Airlines and Virgin America. Given that Alaska's biggest operating base is in the Pacific Northwest - far from the epicentre of the recent fares wrecks - and that the business did not experience major headwinds from the hurricanes, this drop in profits was a disappointment.

California. In Alaska' s third quarterly profit survey last week, senior executives announced that the California-based business was under strong price pressures. Sluggish demand affected both trans-continental California to East Coast services and short-haul California domestic services. Consequently, while RASM remained approximately unchanged in the "old" Alaska Air stores in the last three months of the year, RASM decreased by approximately 8% on Virgin America deals.

While the call for profits was being made, some respondents asked whether the poor results were causing former Virgin America clients to switch to other carriers. Alaska' s senior managers do not think so and notice great increase in the number of loyal programme members and co-brand cardholders. One of Alaska Airlines' problems is with the takeover of Virgin America.

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Last year, Southwest flew to California several time to secure its market-leading location. Combining more flight (in some cases) with more competitively priced California services will certainly increase the pressures on Alaska Air. Southwest Airlines said, curiously, that its RASM in California was only slightly lower than the last three months system mean.

The Southwest is a key actor at practically every large California international airports, unlike Virgin America, which has focused strongly on San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Alaska Air management is currently not happy with the company's California based business results. In the near term they are likely to reduce the carriers' capacities in some below average market segments.

Alaska Air remains well placed for long-term success in the new Californian market, but the turmoil looks set to persist into 2018. Adam Levine-Weinberg owns a stake in the Alaska Air Group.