Alaska Airlines: Booking curve 'elongated' in 1Q2021 due to vaccines, relaxed restrictions

15 April, 2021

Alaska Airlines announced (14-Apr-2021) vaccine distributions during 1Q2021 "accelerated" and certain state and local restrictions were relaxed, which enabled an improvement in demand in Mar-2021. As a result, the booking curve has "elongated". Mar-2021 was the first month since the pandemic began in which the carrier generated positive operating cash flows, excluding PSP related funding. [more - original PR]