Alaska Airlines Expands Service

Alaska Airlines announced Wednesday it will launch new daily, nonstop service between San Jose, California, and New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport starting on July 6.

Alaska is also expanding service between Seattle and New York with an early-morning, nonstop flight, giving travelers convenient connections to 10 international destinations on its global partner airlines.

When the San Jose service launches in July, Alaska and Virgin America will operate 15 flights a day to NYC from six West Coast destinations, including Seattle, Portland, Oregon, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas.

Travelers flying out of JFK Airport will be able to enjoy the new Alaska Lounge located upstairs in Terminal 7 when it opens to the public later this month. The premium lounge experience will feature signature touches like a barista for custom crafted coffee drinks and a relaxing living room feel that embodies the airline’s West Coast vibe.

“We continue to add exciting new destinations from our key West Coast hubs and focus cities, providing our valued guests more nonstop options to meet their business and leisure needs,” Alaska’s vice president John Kirby said in a statement. “Alaska offers the most coast-to-coast markets of any airline and continues to expand our route network with over 40 new markets added since the acquisition of Virgin America.”

By adding the new and expanded service at the New York airport, Alaska will provide 36 daily flights to 20 destinations from San Jose and 290 daily flights to 90 destinations from Seattle.

Alaska Airlines, Virgin America, and its regional partners transport 44 million guests a year to more than 115 destinations with an average of 1,200 daily flights across the United States and to Mexico, Canada, and Costa Rica.