Just a day after making some high profile cuts to its network, Alaska Airlines came out with a huge expansion in San Diego.
Seattle -based carriers will add services from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Chicago, Denver and Phoenix, all operating throughout the year three times a day.
Alaska will use Boeing 737s to Chicago and Denver and a mix of Boeing 737 and E175 Embraer to Phoenix. The service to Phoenix begins on August 20, and the airline will follow the flights to Chicago and Denver on October 4.
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In addition to the new route, Alaska will enhance the West Coast’s relationship in San Diego with two additional daily frequencies to four cities: Las Vegas, Sacramento, Salt Lake City and San Jose, California. Starting on October 26, all but one of these markets will be served six times a day (Salt Lake City flights will operate daily.)
Alaska will have a lot of competition on all new routes. Southwest Airlines are flying from San Diego to Denver and Phoenix, American Airlines fly from San Diego to Chicago and Phoenix, and United Airlines fly from San Diego to Chicago and Denver. All Alaska competitors offer at least two daily flights in their respective markets.
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Alaska says that new routes and additional frequencies are designed to enhance the connection in San Diego. When everything is said and done, the airline will serve 44 endless destinations from San Diego-most airline serving at the airport-more than 90 peak emissions.
Alaska is the second largest airline in San Diego behind Southwest Airlines, which also considers the airport as one of the operations base.
“We are proud to have served San Diego and the surrounding area with the most endless destination of San Diego. New addition to our network develops our ability to take San Diegans directly where they want to go, better than other airlines, with our premium program and global loyalty program,” said Ben Minicucci, CEO of Alaska Air Group.
The expansion was only a few days after Alaska out of four high profile pathsIncluding two transcons from Dulles International Airport (IAD) near Washington, DC Alaska has not made any wounds in San Diego, and it seems that the airline has seen more success there from a more traditional market, such as IAD to San Francisco.
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