KW: So hello everyone. I’m Karen Walker, and a very warm welcome to CAPA Live, where I’m absolutely delighted today to be joined by Ben Minicucci, who is the CEO at Alaska Air Group, parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Ben was promoted to the top job in March after a 17-year career at Alaska, where he is overseeing the integration with Virgin America, and previously served as president and chief operating officer.  Ben, a very warm welcome to you. And thank you so much for your time today; I’m really looking forward to this discussion.

So Ben, can I ask you to maybe just start us off here a little bit with what the scene is at the moment with passenger recovery, which I think is starting to look pretty strong on the domestic front in America, and the financial status of where things are looking