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Alaska Airlines

 Organization

Historical Note

Alaska Airlines traces its start back to several smaller regional airline, beginning with McGee Airways which was established in Anchorage, Alaska in 1932. The airline was sold to Star Air Service in 1934, In 1937 SAS bought Alaska Interior Airlines and changed their name to Star Air Lines.

In 1941 the airline was bought by businessman Raymond Marshall. He also purchased Lavery Air Service, Mirow Air Service, and Pollack Flying Service and rebranded to Alaska Star Airlines. The airline became known as Alaska Airlines (AA) on May 2, 1944. Additional smaller airlines became part of AA over the years, including Collins Air Service, Al Jones Airways, Alaska Coastal Airways, and Cordova Airlines.

Alaska Airlines continues as an active airline.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Paine Field first flights poster

 Collection — oversize: folder
Identifier: 2019-00-00-7
Contents of the Collection This small collection contains two copies of a 12x18" color poster commemorating the first passenger flights at Paine Field [Snohomish County Airport] in Everett, Washington, March 2019. The poster is printed in various shades of blue as well as grey, white, and green and depicts the tail of an Alaska Airlines jet to the right of an air traffic control tower. All of the text on the posoter is in white. "PAE" is printed in large white letters along the top of the poster with "Paine...

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