The American-Alaska partnership seeks bigger share of corporate travelers from giants like Amazon and Microsoft.
to include American's international flights from the West Coast, just weeks before reciprocal frequent-flyer benefits were set to be scaled back at the end of February.Delta
The American-Alaska deal "can be seen as a competitive reply to Delta's very bold, recent incursion onto American's Miami turf," said Craig Jenks, founding president of Airline/Aircraft Projects, a New York aviation consulting firm.The unusual Alaska-American agreement would allow Alaska to book its travelers on American's flights abroad from the West Coast.
The new agreement increases the competition between Alaska, which dominates the airport, and Delta, its closest rival there. It could also help Alaska, which doesn't fly internationally beyond North America, expand abroad.
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