Fly the gay-friendly skies: Alaska Airlines goes all out – Must Read Alaska
If things aboard Alaska Airlines flights seem a bit gay-obsessed this month, it’s because the company has gone to new heights to celebrate Pride Month. For some, it’s a form of mass grooming of captive passengers, while to others, it is just another day in woke corporate America.
The airlines gave passengers on a “Pride” plane flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles a free trip to anywhere the company flies. As passengers prepared to board, they were greeted by Ravi, a personality and host of a gay travel company. He was dressed in a rainbow smock, holding a microphone, while prancing and chanting “I say Gay, you say Gay!” to the passengers in the terminal as he announced the free trips for the passengers waiting for their flight.
Last year, Alaska painted one of its planes with a “Fly with Pride” theme, with the jet’s body covered with painted rainbow plane decorations. This year, passengers can watch LGBTQ-theme movies, such as, “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Love Simon,” “Transfinite” and “The Birdcage.” As customers board this month, the airlines is playing gay-friendly boarding music by artists such as Torii Wolf, Sarah, the Illstrumentalist, and Low Girl.
Flight attendants are also wearing pronoun pins.
Alaska Airlines is committed to pushing gay theme throughout the year by sponsoring parades in the following communities:
- Portland, June 19
- San Francisco, June 26
- Seattle, June 26
- San Diego, July 16
- Boise, Sept. 9-11
- Honolulu, Oct. 15
- Palm Springs, Nov. 4-6
The airlines, whose headquarters is in Seattle, celebrated the engagement of one of its pilots to a flight attendant, aboard the Pride Plane. The love story is prominently featured on its blog, which also has a photo of a young boy inside a gay-decorated airplane, as he sports a Pride Plane t-shirt.
