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    Looking for Alaska towards young adults and causes them to consider the downfall of never going for what you want therefore voiding life in reality. Pudge is the character who most represents this claim in the way that he never expressed his feelings for Alaska. “If people were rain, I was drizzle, and she was a hurricane”(Green 88). This shows how Pudge really let Alaska get into his head, he never told her how he felt, he just let his thoughts build up. It was clear Pudge was in love with Alaska, he just

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    Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK) operates as a holding company, which through its businesses, Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, and Virgin America, encompasses commercial aviation services. The company was founded in 1985 with Alaska Airlines and acquired Horizon Air and Jet America Airlines in 1986. Jet America Airlines was merged into Alaska Airlines in 1987. In December 2016, Alaska Air Group acquired Virgin America for approximately $2.6 billion. However, until 2019, Alaska Air Group will operate

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    SUBJECT: Deal Review Introduction On April 4th, 2016, Alaska Air Group, Inc. announced that it had agreed to a merger agreement with Virgin America Inc. Alaska Air agreed to pay $57 per share in cash, for a total of around $2.6 billion. After taking into account Virgin’s operating leases, Alaska Air will pay $4 billion dollars to acquire Virgin. Upon completion of the acquisition, Alaska Air became the 5th largest U.S. airline, surpassing JetBlue in terms of ASM (available seat miles). Given that

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    Moreover, as Alaska Airlines entered the 1990’s, the success of other low cost airlines required continual improvement and a renewed focus on customer service and value. Consequently, Alaska Airlines endeavored to keep its competitive edge and continue to grow, expanding across the lower 48 and to Hawaii during the 2000’s. Also, harking back to Mac McGee’s fleet of 7 identical aircraft in an effort to streamline service and support, the 2000’s saw the push toward an all-bowing 737 fleet

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    Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, United Kingdom, Germany, and many places in between. However, my most memorable trip was to Fairbanks, Alaska to visit my oldest brother Keith. While I was there the sun shined for approximately twenty hours a day, the mosquitos were unlike anything I had ever experienced, and we went fishing on the Yukon River. During the summer months in Alaska, the sun shines for about 20 hours a day. All the daylight was nice, but could cause problems

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    | Alaska AirlinesStrategic Corporate Social Responsibility Project | | | | Company Report 5/3/2012 | | | ALASKA AIRLINES Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Project Mission Statement: The mission and vision of Alaska Airlines is that employees share an uncommon blend of integrity, professionalism, caring, resourcefulness, and spirit. Every day they strive to bring these values to life through behaviors and deeds that go above and beyond the ordinary. They call it “North

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    Sustainability at Alaska Airlines: Our People, Our Community, and Our Environment Introduction “For over 75 years Alaska Airlines, and the people who make us who we are, have been guided by integrity, caring, ingenuity, professionalism, and a unique spirit. A spirit that was has grown out of our geographical roots” (Overview Alaska Airlines). Alaska Airlines have founded the corporation by its three guiding principles of: the people, the community, and the environment. The people comprise of those

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    environment issues affecting both the State of Alaska and the Alaska Native Corporations to create an awareness of the broad range of ways by which the non-market environment, especially the government policies affects business. Specifically, this study aims to discuss: 1. The dimensions of a non-market environmental issues, stages through which it moves, and the company’s response to changes across various stages; 2. The revenue structure of the State of Alaska and its significance to the current budget

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    indigenous people of Alaska as "uncivilized tribes." Such designation in legislation and other agreements caused Alaska Natives to be subject to the same regulations and policies as American Indians in the United States” (Benson, 2015). This was also followed up the 1884 First Organic Act, disputing Alaskan Natives any claims for the land they occupied, and the Major Crimes Act of 1885 that would not allow natives to process any criminal acts. This prompted the start of the Alaska Native Brotherhood

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    Official Summary In the case study of Alaska Airlines, Kotter 's means 3-Develop the Change Vision and Strategy, and 4-Communicate for Understanding and Buy in are shown in the activities of the executive team in their acknowledgment and comprehension of the drastic changes and main drivers that were tended to between fall 2007 and mid-year 2010. In any case it is important to backpedal to 2006, when travelers were enraged by misused of their baggage and experienced long wait times to get their

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