Alaska Airlines unveils salmon livery designed by Alaska Native artist to celebrate Indigenous culture & language
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines unveiled its newest aircraft paint theme today - Xáat Kwáani - designed by the talented Alaska Native artist Crystal Kaakeeyáa Rose Demientieff Worl. Xáat Kwáani means "Salmon People" in the Alaskan Tlingit language and refers to the spiritual link between the people who interact with the beloved salmon and all of us who benefit from their stewardship of the environment.
- ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines unveiled its newest aircraft paint theme today - Xáat Kwáani - designed by the talented Alaska Native artist Crystal Kaakeeyáa Rose Demientieff Worl.
- Using Northwest Coast formline art, the salmon design by Worl is a one-of-a-kind work that honors salmon, culture, artistic expression, and language.
- Through her art, Worl aims to bring attention to Indigenous culture and to pass on ancestral values to a new generation.
- The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 is the first livery of a U.S. airline fleet to have the name of the plane in an Alaska Native language and the first time Alaska Airlines has featured a language besides English on the main door of an aircraft.