{"id":10207,"date":"2021-03-04T19:14:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T01:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=10207"},"modified":"2021-03-04T19:30:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T01:30:57","slug":"alaska-air-announces-new-flights-between-california-and-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=10207","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Air Announces New Flights Between California and Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SEATTLE,\u00a0March 4, 2021\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Following on the heels of Southwest Airlines (NYSE: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/stock\/quote\/LUV?q=LUV\" target=\"_blank\">LUV<\/a>) recent announcement of Montana flights (<a href=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/southwest-airlines-service-to-destin-ft-walton-and-bozeman-to-begin-may-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/southwest-airlines-service-to-destin-ft-walton-and-bozeman-to-begin-may-2021\/<\/a>), Alaska Airlines (NYSE: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/stock\/quote\/ALK?q=ALK\" target=\"_blank\">ALK<\/a>) has today announced four new routes between\u00a0California\u00a0and\u00a0Montana\u00a0for the summer, increasing total jet service to seven nonstop routes between the two states.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newest &#8220;Sun and Fun&#8221; additions will connect&nbsp;Los Angeles&nbsp;and&nbsp;San Diego&nbsp;with&nbsp;Kalispell, Montana, and connect&nbsp;San Diego&nbsp;and&nbsp;San Francisco&nbsp;with&nbsp;Bozeman, Montana. The&nbsp;Los Angeles&nbsp;and&nbsp;San Diego&nbsp;flights start&nbsp;May 20, and the&nbsp;San Francisco&nbsp;flight starts&nbsp;June 17. They&#8217;ll operate through&nbsp;Sept. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This added summer flying builds on year-round service on three nonstop routes that connect&nbsp;San Diego&nbsp;with&nbsp;Missoula, Montana, and connect&nbsp;Los Angeles&nbsp;with&nbsp;Bozeman and&nbsp;Missoula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets for the new flights are available at&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3086171-1&amp;h=3928423921&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaskaair.com%2F&amp;a=alaskaair.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alaskaair.com<\/a>&nbsp;with one-way fares starting as low as&nbsp;$69&nbsp;to and from&nbsp;Bozeman&nbsp;and as low as&nbsp;$89&nbsp;to and from&nbsp;Kalispell.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Start Date<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>End Date<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>City Pair<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Frequency<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Aircraft<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;May 20, 2021<\/td><td>Sept. 7, 2021<\/td><td>Los Angeles &#8211; Kalispell<\/td><td>W, Sa<\/td><td>E175<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;May 20, 2021<\/td><td>Sept. 7, 2021<\/td><td>San Diego &#8211; Kalispell<\/td><td>M, F, Sa<\/td><td>E175<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;May 20, 2021<\/td><td>Sept. 7, 2021<\/td><td>San Diego &#8211; Bozeman<\/td><td>T, W, Th, Sa, Su<\/td><td>E175<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>June 17, 2021<\/td><td>Sept. 7, 2021<\/td><td>San Francisco &#8211; Bozeman<\/td><td>Sa<\/td><td>E175<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new routes will be served by the Embraer 175 jet, a jet aircraft with only window and aisle seating \u2013 no middle seats. On all the new routes, guests will enjoy award-winning service in a three-class cabin that includes First Class and Premium Class; Most Free Movies in the Sky with hundreds of movies and TV shows available for viewing on personal devices; free texting on most flights; and Wi-Fi connectivity for purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kalispell&#8217;s&nbsp;Glacier Park International Airport&nbsp;<\/strong>is in northwest&nbsp;Montana&#8217;s&nbsp;Flathead Valley, which encompasses the gateway to&nbsp;Glacier National Park, Whitefish Mountain Resort and Flathead Lake \u2014 the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bozeman&nbsp;Yellowstone&nbsp;International Airport<\/strong>&nbsp;is the definition of &#8220;Big Sky Country&#8221; and&nbsp;about 90 miles north of Yellowstone National Park.&nbsp;Surrounded by mountains and rivers,&nbsp;Bozeman&nbsp;offers fishermen and hikers an abundance of options. Fly fish for trout on the&nbsp;Gallatin,&nbsp;Yellowstone, and Missouri Rivers. Follow Highway 191 for views of snow-capped mountains in Gallatin Canyon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Global reach:<\/strong>&nbsp;With the&nbsp;<strong>one<\/strong>world alliance and&nbsp;Alaska&#8217;s&nbsp;Global Partners,&nbsp;Alaska&#8217;s&nbsp;guests can connect at gateway airports on the West Coast \u2013 such as&nbsp;Los Angeles&nbsp;and&nbsp;San Francisco&nbsp;\u2013 to fly to more than 900 destinations around the world. Flyers can also earn and redeem miles with the airline&#8217;s highly-acclaimed&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3086171-1&amp;h=1714805723&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaskaair.com%2Fcontent%2Fmileage-plan&amp;a=Mileage+Plan+program\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mileage Plan program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alaska Airlines serves six cities in&nbsp;Montana:<\/strong>&nbsp;Billings,&nbsp;Bozeman,&nbsp;Great Falls,&nbsp;Helena,&nbsp;Kalispell&nbsp;and&nbsp;Missoula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alaska Airlines serves 15 cities in&nbsp;California:<\/strong>&nbsp;Burbank,&nbsp;Fresno,&nbsp;Los Angeles,&nbsp;Monterey,&nbsp;Oakland, Ontario,&nbsp;Orange County,&nbsp;Palm Springs,&nbsp;Sacramento,&nbsp;San Diego,&nbsp;San Francisco,&nbsp;San Jose,&nbsp;San Luis Obispo,&nbsp;Santa Barbara&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sonoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alaska-Air-New-Montana-Routes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alaska-Air-New-Montana-Routes.png 1000w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alaska-Air-New-Montana-Routes-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alaska-Air-New-Montana-Routes-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alaska-Air-New-Montana-Routes-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alaska-Air-New-Montana-Routes-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alaska-Air-New-Montana-Routes-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE, March 4, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Following on the heels of Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) recent announcement of Montana flights, Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK) has today announced four new routes between California and Montana for the summer, increasing total jet service to seven nonstop routes between the two states.<\/p>\n<p>The newest &#8220;Sun and Fun&#8221; additions will connect &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10174,797,4813,3965,89,5637,13618,8222,10339,5992,5670,6875,2203,5500,8651,7313,10366,10169,10176,1397,10173,10195,10171,868,10182,1103],"tags":[6209,7198,539,464,420,118,92,847,2523,2415,2813,3962,3790,4317,160,4779,7365,2669,6018,8698,4454,1235,8192,851,2282,4921,1088,3387,168,6056,2514,1671,14095,482,2880,13092,13963,3212,1915,3816,14094,199,589,2846,8695,4796,2811,3411,1429,1067,6545,6613,6615,13313,2667,843,718,412,4452,1401,6231,14097,439,1038,6146,3608,1105,1090,1485,594,2452,2169,11015,231,719,4455,2879,3173,247,1055,755,14098,186,5075,101,4803,1547,1691,1658,817,1013,14096,13631],"class_list":["post-10207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airline","category-airline-news","category-airplane-news","category-airport-news","category-aviation-news","category-business-news","category-communications-news","category-consumer-news","category-e-commerce","category-economic-news","category-economy-news","category-embraer-news","category-finance-news","category-frequent-flyer-news","category-joint-venture-news","category-las-vegas-news","category-low-cost-carrier","category-news","category-stock-news-2","category-stock-news","category-stockairline","category-transport","category-transportation","category-transportation-news","category-travel","category-travel-news","tag-6209","tag-7198","tag-air","tag-aircraft","tag-airline","tag-airlines","tag-airport","tag-alaska","tag-alk","tag-alliance","tag-angeles","tag-announcement","tag-announces","tag-available","tag-aviation","tag-barbara","tag-between","tag-big","tag-billings","tag-bozeman","tag-burbank","tag-california","tag-canyon","tag-class","tag-connect","tag-country","tag-county","tag-diego","tag-embraer","tag-falls","tag-financial","tag-first","tag-flathead","tag-flights","tag-francisco","tag-fresno","tag-gallatin","tag-glacier","tag-global","tag-great","tag-helena","tag-international","tag-jet","tag-jose","tag-kalispell","tag-lake","tag-los","tag-luis","tag-luv","tag-media","tag-mileage","tag-missoula","tag-montana","tag-monterey","tag-mountain","tag-national","tag-new","tag-news","tag-nonstop","tag-nyse","tag-oakland","tag-obispo","tag-oneworld","tag-ontario","tag-orange","tag-palm","tag-park","tag-partners","tag-plan","tag-premium","tag-prnewswire","tag-program","tag-recent","tag-resort","tag-routes","tag-sacramento","tag-san","tag-santa","tag-seattle","tag-service","tag-sky","tag-sonoma","tag-southwest","tag-springs","tag-stock","tag-summer","tag-tickets","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-valley","tag-washington","tag-whitefish","tag-yellowstone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10212,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10207\/revisions\/10212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}