SEATTLE, July 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska
Airlines announced today a significant expansion to the
New York City area with multiple
new routes to Newark Liberty International Airport. The new service
comes as the Federal Aviation Administration approved Alaska
Airlines' request to operate four additional daily flights to
Newark. New service from
Newark, New Jersey to Portland, Oregon and San Diego, California will start in
November 2016, with new service to
San Jose, California beginning in
March 2017. A third daily departure
from Seattle, Washington to
Newark, New Jersey will be added
in May 2017.
"We thank the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Port
Authority of New York and
New Jersey for their efforts to
increase competition in the New
York metro area," said John
Kirby, Alaska Airlines' vice president of capacity planning.
"Since 2015, Alaska has launched
28 new routes from our West Coast hubs and focus cities. With our
new expanded service to Newark, we
continue to grow our West Coast footprint by offering our valued
customers more nonstop flights to popular business and leisure
destinations."
Alaska's new Portland-Newark service continues the airline's
expansion of its Portland hub
which includes other recently added destinations such as
Minneapolis; Kansas City, Missouri; Orlando; Omaha,
Nebraska; and Atlanta. The
newly added Newark service will be
the only daytime nonstop from Portland to the Garden State.
The new San Diego-Newark service is the third East Coast
destination from the airline's Southern
California focus city, which will give San Diego travelers access to one of the
largest business markets in the world.
The new San Jose-Newark service marks the first nonstop flight
between the two cities and provides Silicon Valley customers a
convenient new option for travel to the New York City area.
In the spring, the airline will also add a third flight between
Seattle and Newark, complementing the two existing daily
nonstop flights from the Emerald City.
Summary of new
service:
|
Start
date
|
City
pair
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Frequency
|
Nov. 10,
2016
|
Portland-Newark
|
6:55 a.m.
|
2:55 p.m.
|
Daily
|
|
Newark-Portland
|
3:55 p.m.
|
7:05 p.m.
|
Daily
|
Nov. 21,
2016
|
San
Diego-Newark
|
9:55 a.m.
|
5:55 p.m.
|
Daily
|
|
Newark-San
Diego
|
7:00 p.m.
|
10:00 p.m.
|
Daily
|
Mar. 12,
2017
|
San
Jose-Newark
|
6:30 a.m.
|
2:55 p.m.
|
Daily
|
|
Newark-San
Jose
|
4:05 p.m.
|
7:40 p.m.
|
Daily
|
May 14,
2017
|
Seattle-Newark
|
11:50 p.m.
|
8:06 a.m.
|
Daily
|
May 15,
2017
|
Newark-Seattle
|
9:30 a.m.
|
12:25 p.m.
|
Daily
|
Flight times based on
local time zones.
|
At Newark, customers will
continue to fly into Terminal A, conveniently located next to
partner American Airlines. Alaska Airlines lounge members can enjoy
the American Airlines Admirals Club in Terminal A, when flying on
Alaska Airlines or American Airlines.
Alaska will fly the
transcontinental routes with fuel-efficient Boeing 737 aircraft.
Onboard, customers will get to enjoy more of what they love with
free and premium entertainment downloaded direct to customer
devices, Pacific Northwest-inspired food and beverages, as well as
custom leather seats with power outlets to charge laptops and
personal devices for each customer.
Tickets for the new routes will go on sale July 25, 2016.
Customers can visit www.alaskaair.com or call 1-800-ALASKAAIR
(800-252-7522 or Hearing & Speech Impaired (TTY): Dial 711 for
Relay Services) to purchase tickets for these newly added
flights.
Alaska Airlines, together with its regional partners, flies 32
million customers a year to more than 110 cities with an average of
970 daily flights throughout the United
States, including Hawaii,
Canada, Costa Rica, and Mexico. With Alaska's 17 global airline partners, customers
can earn and redeem miles to more than 800 destinations worldwide.
Onboard, customers are invited to make the most of their flight
with amenities like power outlets at every seat, streaming
entertainment direct to your device, Wi-Fi and an inspired food and
beverage selection featured on most flights. Alaska Airlines ranked
"Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Traditional Carriers in
North America" in the J.D. Power
North American Airline Satisfaction Study for nine consecutive
years from 2008 to 2016. Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan also ranked
"Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Airline Loyalty Rewards
Programs" in the J.D. Power Airline Loyalty/Rewards Program
Satisfaction Report for the last three consecutive years. Alaska
Airlines is a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK). Learn
more on the airline's newsroom, blog, alaskaair.com, @AlaskaAir,
facebook.com/alaskaairlines and
linkedin.com/company/alaska-airlines.
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