I-Alaska Airlines ifikelele kwisivumelwano seminyaka emine kunye namalungu ombutho wabasebenzi babaqhubi bayo emva kweminyaka engaphezu kwemibini yothethathethwano.
Isithethi se-Alaska Airlines uPaul McElroy unqabile ukuxela iinkcukacha zekhontrakthi.
Inqwelomoya esekwe eSeattle, iyunithi yeAlaska Air Group, yonwabile sisiphumo, utshilo. Iintetho kunye noMbutho wabaPhathi beenqwelo-moya zaqala ngoJanuwari ka-2007.
Ulwimi lokugqibela lwekhontrakthi lusafuna ukusetyenzwa kwaye luvunywe ngabameli bomanyano, utshilo uMcElroy. Emva koko isivumelwano sinokuya kumalungu ali-1,500 lombutho ukuze kuvotelwe.
I-Alaska Airlines kunye ne-Alaska Air subsidiary Horizon Air zikhonza ngaphezu kwezixeko ezingama-90 kulo lonke elase-US, eCanada naseMexico.