08-23-2006
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Alaska Airlines King Salmon
Alaska Airlines Nets Largest King Salmon on Earth  “Salmon-Thirty-Salmon” aircraft underscores carrier’s role in transporting Alaska seafood
Alaska Airlines today landed the world’s largest king salmon—stretching 120 feet and weighing in at 140,000 pounds—at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
The “Salmon-Thirty-Salmon,” sporting the glimmering image of a wild Alaska king salmon, is among the world’s most intricately painted commercial airplanes. Complete with shiny scales, a dorsal fin and gills, the livery on the Alaska Airlines 737-400 passenger aircraft is the result of a dedicated team of 30 painters working nearly nonstop for 24 days.
The airplane symbolizes the critical role Alaska Airlines plays in transporting fresh Alaska seafood to the continental United States and beyond. The paint scheme was produced in partnership with the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board (AFMB), which promotes the export of Alaska seafood.
“This airplane celebrates Alaska Airlines’ unique relationship with the people and communities of Alaska and underscores our air transport commitment to the state’s seafood industry,” said Gregg Saretsky, Alaska Airlines’ executive vice president of marketing and planning. “Alaska seafood is more popular than ever, and Alaska Airlines is proud to play a role in getting much of it from the waters of Alaska to dinner tables across the country in record time.”
This year, Alaska Airlines will fly more than 30 million pounds of seafood from Alaska to markets in the continental United States, Mexico and Canada. Streamlined flight schedules and state-of-the-art storage facilities allow much of that seafood to travel from Alaskan waters to market and restaurant destinations anywhere in the United States in less than 24 hours.
“Alaska Airlines has a long history of serving the Alaska seafood industry, and this special plane celebrates that commitment in dramatic fashion,” said Bill Hines, AFMB’s executive director. Hines noted that about half of the United States’ total seafood catch comes from Alaska fisheries and that Alaska is considered the world’s leader in sustainable management of its seafood resources.
The “Salmon-Thirty-Salmon” aircraft was greeted in Seattle by more than 3,000 Alaska Airlines employees, guests and dignitaries during a salmon homecoming event at the airline’s maintenance hangar. The aircraft will fly its first regularly scheduled passenger flight tomorrow from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska, where it will receive a similar homecoming welcome. Following its stop in Anchorage, the aircraft will continue its Sunday route with stops in Cordova, Yakutat and Juneau, Alaska.
Beginning on Monday, the aircraft will fly passenger routes along the West Coast, connecting destinations as far north as Alaska and as far south as Mexico. The aircraft also will fly east to Denver, Chicago and Dallas/Forth Worth, becoming an important tool to promote wild Alaska seafood.  The “Salmon-Thirty-Salmon” aircraft features an original design by Mark Boyle, a Seattle-based wildlife artist who is also a recognized leader in the livery design of commercial aircraft. The project required three times as many hours to paint as the normal livery, using Mylar paint to create an iridescent look and airbrushing techniques to make the fish painting appear three dimensional.
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