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REMINDER/Alaska Airlines Reveals 'Spirit of Disneyland' First Domestic Aircraft Featuring Disney Characters; Erik Lindbergh and Mickey Mouse Celebrate Inaugural Flight
REMINDER...for Monday (Dec. 16)
For Monday, December 16, News Budget
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2002--
WHAT: | The Eskimo that has adorned the tail of all Alaska Airlines |
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aircraft for over a quarter century is taking a well deserved vacation |
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at least on one aircraft that is. In his place, the faces of Disney's most recognized theme park characters -- Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy -- take to the skies on a newly-painted Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-400 named "Spirit of Disneyland." The aircraft will make its inaugural flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to John Wayne-Orange County Airport on Monday, December 16. This is the first time a major U.S. airline has worked with Walt Disney Parks & Resorts to paint an aircraft with Disney theme park characters.
WHO: | To appropriately inaugurate the "Spirit of Disneyland," Erik |
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Lindbergh, Seattle resident and grandson of famed "Spirit of St. | |
Louis" aviator Charles Lindbergh, is joining representatives from both | |
companies and Disney characters in Alaska Airlines' Seattle hangar for | |
ribbon cutting ceremonies. | |
WHERE: | Interested members of the media should meet at the Alaska |
Airlines Corporate Headquarters, located at 19300 Pacific Highway | |
South, Seattle. Media will sign in and receive credentials in the | |
front lobby. A van will transport media to the hangar for the event | |
and then return later to Alaska's headquarters. | |
WHEN: | Please arrive no later than 9:30 a.m. on Monday, December |
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16. The ceremony will begin shortly thereafter.
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CONTACT: | Alaska Airlines |
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Jack Evans, 206/433-3134 | |
or | |
Disneyland Press & Publicity | |
Jeannine O'Malley, 714/781-4500 | |