alaska air

Central Coast airport getting additional service, bigger planes on major route

Lance Orozco

Passenger number continue to grow for SLO County Airport.

A beachfront memorial in Port Hueneme for the 88 people who died in the Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash.

Sad remembrance: It's the 25th anniversary of a jetliner crash off Port Hueneme which took 88 lives

Lance Orozco

A failure in the tail assembly led to Alaska Airlines Flight 261 plunging into the ocean. Some family and friends are in Ventura County for remembrance events.

Feeling lucky? New airline service being added from Central Coast to Las Vegas

Lance Orozco

Alaska Airlines will offer daily service from SLO County Airport to Las Vegas.

Alaska Airlines will operate 74 passenger Embraer 175 jets for its new Santa Barbara and San Diego service, which starts June 17th.

Santa Barbara Getting New Non-Stop Airline Service To San Diego

Lance Orozco

Addition means Santa Barbara will have direct flights to 11 cities, including Chicago, Dallas, Denver, and Las Vegas

Local News

January 31st 20th Anniversary Of Alaska Air Crash In Channel Islands Which Killed 88 People

Lance Orozco

It was the worst aviation disaster to ever happen on the South Coast, and it happened 20 years ago. On January 31st, 2000 an Alaska Airlines jetliner…