Alaska Airlines Expands Texas Service With Seattle-Austin Flights Starting Today
August 03 2009 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Airline to add San Jose-Austin and Seattle-Houston daily nonstops
in September SEATTLE, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska
Airlines is expanding its service to the Lone Star State with new
daily flights between Seattle and Austin, Texas, starting today and
daily service between San Jose, Calif., and Austin commencing Sept.
2. The airline also will offer daily Seattle-Houston nonstops
beginning Sept. 23. "Alaska Airlines has been serving Dallas/Fort
Worth from Seattle since 2005, and we're excited to be adding
Austin to our network starting today," said Andrew Harrison,
Alaska's vice president of planning and revenue management.
Referring to the airline's upcoming Houston service and San
Jose-Austin flight, which will originate in Portland, Ore.,
Harrison said, "Come fall, Alaska Airlines will not only serve
three Texas cities nonstop from Seattle, we'll also restore
convenient service to high-tech business travelers commuting
between Austin, the Silicon Valley and Portland." Summary of new
flights Start date City pair Departure time Arrival time Day of
week Aug. 3 Seattle-Austin 9:45 a.m. 3:40 p.m. Daily Aug. 3
Austin-Seattle 4:40 p.m. 6:45 p.m. Daily Sept. 2 Portland-San Jose
6:20 a.m. 8:10 a.m. Daily, except Sun Sept. 2 San Jose-Austin 8:55
a.m. 2:15 p.m. Daily Sept. 2 Austin-San Jose 3 p.m. 4:40 p.m. Daily
Sept. 2 San Jose-Portland 5:25 p.m. 7:10 p.m. Daily, except Sat
Sept. 23 Seattle-Houston 9 a.m. 3:20 p.m. Daily Sept. 23
Houston-Seattle 4:30 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Daily All times based on local
time zones Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members can earn double
miles on the new flights between Seattle and Austin through Oct.
15, 2009, between San Jose and Austin through Oct. 31, 2009, and
between Seattle and Houston through Nov. 23, 2009. To qualify,
customers must first register at alaskaair.com. Alaska Airlines
will operate the flights with Boeing 737-800 aircraft,
accommodating 16 passengers in first class and 141 in the main
cabin. Seattle-Austin, San Jose-Austin and Seattle-Houston flights
will offer Alaska's Northern Bites meals-for-purchase service,
which allows coach passengers to buy a meal onboard for $6.
Inflight service also will include Alaska Airlines' digEplayer, a
personal entertainment system offering a variety of movies,
television shows, music and other features. Complimentary in first
class, digEplayers are available for $6 in coach. The new flights
are available at alaskaair.com or by calling (800) ALASKAAIR
(800-252-7522 or TTY/TDD line 800-392-0228). Alaska Airlines and
Horizon Air, subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), together
serve more than 90 cities through an expansive network in Alaska,
the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. Alaska Airlines ranked
"Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Traditional Network
Carriers" in the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 and 2009 North
America Airline Satisfaction Studies(SM). For reservations, visit
alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska
Airlines/Horizon Air Newsroom at alaskaair.com/newsroom.
DATASOURCE: Alaska Airlines CONTACT: Alaska Airlines Media
Relations, +1-206-392-5101 Web Site: http://www.alaskaair.com/
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