Alaska Air to serve Starbucks coffee

Two Puget Sound-area companies are getting together to promote each other's products. SeaTac-based Alaska Airlines today began serving freshly brewed coffee aboard its flights from Seattle-based Starbucks. Alaska's sister airline, Horizon Air, has been serving Starbucks coffee since 1990. The airline expects to serve some five million cups of Starbucks coffee annually. Alaska itself had been serving Seattle's Best coffee. Seattle's Best is owned by Starbucks. “We're proud to offer customers premium coffee from the world's most well-known coffee brand and are thrilled to team up with another hometown company from Seattle,” said Joe Sprague, Alaska Airlines' vice president … Read more »