Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Airline Advocacy ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://airlineadvocacy.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://airlineadvocacy.com/blog/) - [Fairbanks, Alaska was an early Canadian Pacific Airlines international destination.](https://airlineadvocacy.com/fairbanks-alaska-was-an-early-cpa-internationally-destination/) - [Beyond the Journey](https://airlineadvocacy.com/beyond-the-journey/) - Flying gets us there. Hopefully in your case, with a semblance of panache. Travel is style, of a sort, and you should be putting your best foot (version) of yourself forward. As I continue to reiterate, today’s offerings are exemplary. I recently inaugurated Skylux into my collection of airlines. New A350 wide bodies are tastefully - [From Print “Welcome Aboard” to….](https://airlineadvocacy.com/from-print-welcome-aboard-to/) - For decades, since the advent of air travel, airlines placed “Welcome Aboard” packets in seat pockets, so passengers could familiarize themselves with the aircraft, the routes, announcements and other travel souvenirs (I.e. bag tags, air mail labels, post cards, writing material, airline luggage labels) or cross market hotels and car rentals. (The postcards and airline - [A Great Circle Route or a Mercator Projection](https://airlineadvocacy.com/a-great-circle-route-or-a-mercator-projection/) - Mercator was a cartographer who laid the land masses on paper to translate a round world into a flat visual. Distances and sizes were distorted, but essentially, you got the picture. Airlines used these maps extensively to acquaint passengers with their travel geography. The Great Circle routes, trans Polar, generally, showed that it was closer - [News In 2025](https://airlineadvocacy.com/news-in-2025/) - Alaska and Hawaiian Forge Equity Partnership A new global carrier group is being formed by the Alaska Air Group purchase of Hawaiian Airlines. This gives Alaska access to immediate capacity gains with Hawaiian’s A330 and 787 fleet. Alaska scheduling expertise means Hawaiian’s aircraft assets become better revenue producers. Fleet utilization is enhanced on the long - [Early Years in Fairbanks, Alaska](https://airlineadvocacy.com/early-years-in-fairbanks-alaska/) - This blog is a reflection of my love for air travel, which began in the 1960s when air travel was considered expensive and exotic, even adventurous. Alaskans relied on air travel to traverse distances and connect islands, as the small territorial population didn’t support bridges to the capital city, Juneau, or main highways. Air travel - [The “Crossroads of the Air World” via Anchorage](https://airlineadvocacy.com/the-crossroads-of-the-air-world/) - From the 1950s onward to the 1980s, the longest legs required technical stops for refueling and crew rest. This made northern cities on the great circle routes, key for airlines. Outside the trans Polar region, way stations like Shannon, Ireland, Gander and Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Bermuda and the Azores in the Atlantic, Honolulu, Fiji and - [A Journey of the Heart](https://airlineadvocacy.com/a-journey-of-the-heart/) - A journey of the heart, sounds a bit trite. Actually traveling well is a state of mental expectation. A self fulfilling prophecy, if you will…. Present yourself well, with courtesy and appearance and you’ll most likely get similar in return. In my career, traveling frequently, appearance and understanding have been key to a pleasant - [The Golden Age of the Passenger Experience, Today](https://airlineadvocacy.com/the-golden-age-of-the-passenger-experience-today/) - The bygone Golden Age of air travel is a myth. By today’s standards, yesterday’s golden age of air travel would not be believed; the weather challenges, passenger comfort, pricing and safety issues would not be tolerated. The so called golden age was rife with barriers to convenience, utility and comfort. The advantages may only be - [Airline sporting event in New Zealand a success, as was a follow on adventure in Australia](https://airlineadvocacy.com/airline-sporting-event-a-success-as-was-a-follow-on-adventure-in-australia/) - The early part of October heralded the annual World Airline Road Race, where for the 41st annual event was hosted for the first time by Air New Zealand, in Auckland. Both a 5K and 10K race were conducted, and it was my 38th time participating. I left AKL to visit the south part of the - [A Journey Down Under](https://airlineadvocacy.com/a-journey-down-under/) - The 41st annual World Airline Road Race convenes in Auckland, New Zealand this week. Air New Zealand hosts industry colleagues from around the world, continuing the tradition of welcoming other airline’s cultures and hospitality, now four decades, later. The race has been held and hosted in Sydney, London, Ottawa, Amsterdam. Washington, DC, San Francisco, Calgary - [The Inspiring Person We Call A Frequent Flyer](https://airlineadvocacy.com/the-strange-person-we-call-a-frequent-flyer/) - At airline companies around the globe, regular flyers that provide the annual mainstay of revenue are called FBTs, or frequent business travelers. This group of FBTs (men and women) cross the airways to ensure deals are made, business relationships are healthy, and products are presented and sold. Building trust and understanding are key to solid - [Across Arctic Skies to Soviet Russia](https://airlineadvocacy.com/across-arctic-skies-to-soviet-russia/) - In June, 1991 Alaska Airlines began its first regularly scheduled service to the Russian Far East, flying their Boeing 727-200. (Later MD-80s were utilized,twice weekly in summer, once weekly in winter). While Alaska had been intermittently offering charters or special flights to the region for twenty five years, they were ready to cross the boundary ## Pages - [Home](https://airlineadvocacy.com/) - Based on 40 years of experience in the airline and aircraft manufacturing industries, this is Jeff Cacy’s independent look at what was and what is. - [Blog](https://airlineadvocacy.com/blog-2/) - Flying commercially as a way of life My Airborne Life and Career. One of Alaska’s two Boeing 720s acquired by Western in their merger with Pacific Northern Airlines, in 1967. This aircraft is pictured in 1973 on the ANC ramp. 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