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Alaska Airlines and Intelsat to roll out next-gen satellite WiFi on regional jets starting in 2024

GeekWire

(Intelsat Photo) Alaska Airlines will invest $25 million to upgrade its regional jets with a new WiFi system from Intelsat capable of download speeds in the hundreds of megabits per second, using both traditional geostationary and new low-Earth orbit satellites.

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What it was like to fly — and land — in Alaska Airlines’ first commercial 737-MAX 9 flight

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Sunrise as viewed from the Alaska Airlines Flight 482 in Seattle on a 737-MAX 9 flight, with Mount Rainier and an Amazon Prime cargo jet in the distance. As the first airline to bet on the 737 MAX’s return to service , Alaska has thrown its support behind Boeing, which manufactures planes in Everett and Renton, Wash. “We

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Report details how Alaska Airlines is using AI to better map flight routes and save time and fuel

GeekWire

If you’ve ever stared out the window of a passenger plane, or tracked your flight as it moves across the sky on the animated video screen in front of you, you may have wondered how the pilots even know what direction to take. Read the full story on Fortune’s website.

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American Airlines Is Giving Passengers Free In-Flight TikTok

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Passengers aboard American Airlines flights will soon have an in-flight entertainment option that’s not “La La Land, but you fall asleep 20 minutes in and don’t rewind it so now you’ll never really know the plot of that movie”: TikTok , which just became available for free in 30-minute increments. Read more.

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American Airlines will let you watch 30 minutes of TikTok in the air for free

The Verge

Free TikTok has arrived on some of American Airlines’ flights, according to a press release put out by the company ( via CNET ). If you don’t have the app already installed, the airline says you’ll be able to download it for free while in the air. The airline suggests TikToks about travel and finance.

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University student entrepreneurs pitch planet-protecting ideas in annual ‘Environmental Innovation Challenge’

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A University of Washington team called AgroFilms won the $15,000 top prize at Thursday’s Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge held at the Seattle Center. ” C-1 Bio won both the $10,000 Second Place Prize and the $2,500 Climate Impact Prize at the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge.

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High-flying e-signature powerhouse DocuSign to bump United Airlines off Nasdaq 100

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Shares of DocuSign soared more than seven percent on Monday after the Nasdaq announced that the pioneering maker of electronic signature technology will join the Nasdaq 100, bumping United Airlines from the spot. Shares of United Airlines, on other hand, have lost nearly half of their value, and the company now shows a market value of $11.3