 The airline also recorded record profits for 2010 , as well as record profits for the fourth quarter of 2010 . The profit for the entire year was $ 251 @.@ 1 million , an increase from $ 121 @.@ 6 million a year earlier . Alaska ’ s 2010 fourth @-@ quarter profit of $ 64 @.@ 8 million was up from $ 24 @.@ 1 million from the fourth quarter of the previous year . Also in 2010 , Alaska ranked as the most efficient airline operating in The United States . 
