SEATTLE, Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines
continues the expansion of its Seattle hub with the launch of new daily
nonstop service to Indianapolis
and Wichita, Kansas starting
spring of 2017. With the addition of Indianapolis and Wichita, the airline will serve 89 nonstop
destinations from Seattle, more
than twice as many as its nearest competitor. Alaska is the only airline to fly nonstop from
Sea-Tac International Airport to 35 of those destinations.
"We continue to add more destinations from our hometown," said
John Kirby, vice president of
capacity planning at Alaska Airlines. "With the addition of nonstop
service to Indianapolis and
Wichita, Alaska Airlines now
offers nonstop service to a total of 89 cities from Seattle – more than twice as many as any other
airline."
This new route provides a link from the Midwest to tech hubs up
and down the West Coast. Named the No. 1 city for conventions by
USA Today, Indianapolis has a
thriving business community and is known as the Silicon Valley of
the Midwest. Home to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, "Indy" is
considered the motorsports entertainment capital of the world. With
two professional sports teams and a budding craft beer scene, the
city is a desirable vacation destination.
Often referred to as the "Air Capital of the World,"
Wichita is the country's major
supplier to builders of commercial aircraft and is home to aviation
heavyweights Beechcraft, Cessna, and Boeing 737 fuselage maker,
Spirit AeroSystems. Kansas'
largest airport, Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport,
opened its state-of-the-art, modern terminal on June 3, 2015.
With these new routes, Alaska
will operate 20 daily flights to nine Midwest cities: Chicago; Detroit; Indianapolis; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; St.
Louis; Omaha, Nebraska;
Kansas City, Missouri; and
Wichita, Kansas.
Summary of new
service:
|
Start
date
|
City
pair
|
Departs
|
Arrives
|
Frequency
|
Plane
type
|
April 13
|
Seattle-Wichita
|
11:55 a.m.
|
5:13 p.m.
|
Daily
|
E175
|
April 13
|
Wichita-Seattle
|
6:10 p.m.
|
7:55 p.m.
|
Daily
|
E175
|
May 11
|
Seattle-Indianapolis
|
9:55 a.m.
|
5:10 p.m.
|
Daily
|
737
|
May 11
|
Indianapolis-Seattle
|
6:10 p.m.
|
7:59 p.m.
|
Daily
|
737
|
All times based on
local time zones
|
Alaska will fly to Indianapolis 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.
Alaska will fly to Wichita with 76-seat E175 jets, operated by
SkyWest Airlines, which feature 12 seats in first class, 12 seats
in premium class and 52 seats in the main cabin. The E175 boasts
cabin dimensions on par with a narrow-body jet. Onboard amenities
include Wi-Fi Internet access, and Alaska Beyond Entertainment,
which includes free and premium entertainment direct to customer
devices and power outlets in the first class cabin.
Tickets for the new routes will go on sale today. To purchase
tickets, visit www.alaskaair.com to find great savings, or call
1-800-ALASKAAIR (800-252-7522 or Hearing & Speech Impaired
(TTY): Dial 711 for Relay Services).
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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