SEATTLE - 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.
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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.