Alaska Airlines Announces New Service To Minneapolis And Hawaii
Seattle-Minneapolis flights begin Oct. 26, with Seattle-Kona to follow Nov. 17; Anchorage-Maui service to be expanded starting Oct. 31.
5/20/2008 SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines today announced it will inaugurate service between Seattle and Minneapolis and Seattle and Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.
The airline also announced it is expanding its seasonal service between Anchorage and Maui.
The flights will be available for purchase starting May 22 at alaskaair.com or by calling (800) ALASKAAIR. Alaska Airlines will offer year-round twice-daily flights between Seattle and Minneapolis starting Oct. 26, and year-round once-a-day service between Seattle and Kona beginning Nov. 17.
Seasonal flights between Anchorage and Kahului on the island of Maui are increasing from twice to three times weekly from Oct. 31 to April 25, 2009.
Service to all three destinations provides convenient connections from cities throughout the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Canada.
"With our new service between Seattle and Minneapolis, we now fly to one of the largest cities not previously served by Alaska Airlines," said Andrew Harrison, managing director of planning for Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
"In addition, our new service between Seattle and Kona expands our coverage to all four major Hawaiian islands." Harrison said the new routes "are part of a broader effort to trim capacity from underperforming markets and redeploy it in places where customer demand is high."
In conjunction with the new service to Minneapolis and Kona, Harrison outlined these other changes involving Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air:
· Beginning Sept. 7, Alaska Airlines will end nonstop service between Portland, Ore., and Orlando, Fla., and between San Francisco and Vancouver, B.C.
· In addition, Alaska Airlines will not return this winter to three Mexico routes it has flown seasonally in the past between San Francisco and Cancún, Mazatlán and Zihuatanejo. The carrier will continue to serve these destinations nonstop from Los Angeles, as well as operate a daily seasonal nonstop flight between Seattle and Cancún.
· Pending U.S. and Mexican government approval, Horizon Air will assume service previously flown by Alaska Airlines between Los Angeles and La Paz. Horizon will also assume Alaska Airlines' service between Los Angeles and Loreto, Mexico, starting Sept. 7, with four flights a week.
· Horizon Air will discontinue nonstop service between Spokane, Wash., and Sacramento, Calif., effective Sept. 7. The carrier also will replace its twice-daily nonstop service between Spokane and Los Angeles with two daily same-plane, one-stop flights via Boise, Idaho.
To inaugurate its new service, Alaska Airlines is offering introductory one-way fares of $139 between Seattle and Minneapolis and $229 between Seattle and Kona.
Customers must purchase their tickets by June 5, 2008, and travel by Feb. 12, 2009.
Additional restrictions and blackout dates apply. Alaska Airlines Vacations offers a full line of vacation packages for travel to the Big Island of Hawaii, as well as to Oahu, Kauai and Maui.
Packages include air transportation, hotel accommodations, ground transportation and tours. Alaska Airlines customers can earn double Mileage Plan miles on flights between Seattle and Minneapolis from Oct. 26 to Dec. 31, 2008.
(From Alaska Airlines)
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