Alaska Airlines Adds Daily Nonstop Anchorage-San Francisco Flight to Summer Schedule

Alaska Airlines today announced it will offer daily nonstop service between Anchorage, Alaska, and San Francisco. The airline will operate the route during its summer schedule, between June 3 and Aug. 20, 2007.

"We’re pleased to offer another nonstop route connecting the great state of Alaska with the West Coast," said Bill MacKay, Alaska Airlines’ senior vice president of Alaska. "By adding San Francisco, Alaska Airlines will offer nonstop service between Anchorage and seven major gateways in the Lower 48 states and Canada this summer."

Alaska Airlines’ summer schedule also offers daily nonstop service between Anchorage and Chicago; Denver; Los Angeles; Portland, Ore.; Seattle; and Vancouver, British Columbia.

The new flights are available for purchase at alaskaair.com or by calling (800) ALASKAAIR.

Flight 157 will depart San Francisco at 8:07 p.m. Pacific time and arrive in Anchorage at 12:03 a.m. Alaskan time. Flight 158 will depart Anchorage at 12:20 a.m. Alaskan time and arrive in San Francisco at 6:10 a.m. Pacific time. The flights will be operated on Boeing 737-700s, accommodating 12 passengers in first class and 112 in the main cabin.

Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, together serve 89 cities through an expansive network throughout Alaska, the Lower 48, Canada and Mexico. This year Alaska Airlines celebrates its 75th anniversary, marking the airline’s growth from a single-aircraft operation in 1932 to one of the largest U.S. carriers. For reservations, visit alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Newsroom at alaskaair.com/newsroom.

FCMN Contact: maria.koenig@alaskaair.com

SOURCE: Alaska Airlines