Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK) is the first carrier in North America to use special bags from maintenance service provider Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) to hold packages on passenger seats, enabling aircraft in cargo-only mode to carry more freight each flight.
The in-seat package stowage system was installed on a Boeing 737-900 to carry goods such as mail, medical equipment, packages and other freight, Alaska Airlines said in a news release Wednesday.
The passenger-freighter, which...
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