SEATTLE, Dec. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ready to start
planning that long-awaited, much-deserved vacation or trip to
Europe and destinations beyond?
Alaska Airlines and our fellow oneworld member airlines –
including American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair and Iberia –
are ready to take you there this summer with new nonstop
international flights from our West Coast hubs and airports.
British Airways announced today it will begin nonstop service
from Portland to London Heathrow
five days a week starting on June 3,
2022. The flight becomes the sixth British Airways service
to London from a key Alaska market on the West Coast joining
Los Angeles; San Diego; San
Francisco; San Jose,
California; and Seattle.
Finnair announced last week its new nonstop flight between
Seattle and Helsinki that's scheduled for service three
days a week beginning June 1.
Finnair's nonstop to Seattle joins
its existing service to the Finnish capital from Los Angeles. Finnair will also increase its
Los Angeles-Stockholm service to four nonstop flights a
week beginning May 1.
By summer 2022, Alaska's
oneworld partners will offer more than 100 nonstop flights
every week from the West Coast to Europe including nonstop service to
London, Madrid, Barcelona, Stockholm and Helsinki. Once in Europe, journeys can continue throughout the
Continent and other parts of the world with convenient connections
through our partners' hubs.
"By deepening our partnerships with oneworld alliance
members, we're providing exciting travel opportunities to
Europe and beyond," said
Nat Pieper, senior vice president of
fleet, finance and alliances at Alaska Airlines. "Our guests will
love the 100 weekly nonstop flights between our West Coast gateway
airports and major European cities, enjoying oneworld
benefits along the way."
"Since joining oneworld in March, Alaska Airlines has
positioned oneworld as the leading alliance on the West
Coast," said Rob Gurney,
oneworld CEO. "With the new oneworld member airline
flights to Europe and extensive
connections at Alaska's hubs, the
possibilities are endless for customers planning that long-awaited
trip to Europe."
oneworld flights between the U.S. West Coast and
Europe for summer 2022:
oneworld
Partner
|
City
Pair
|
Frequency
|
American
Airlines
|
Los Angeles – London
Heathrow
|
2x Daily
|
Seattle – London
Heathrow
|
Daily
|
British
Airways
|
Los Angeles – London
Heathrow
|
2x Daily
|
San Diego – London
Heathrow
|
Daily
|
San Francisco –
London Heathrow
|
2x Daily
|
San Jose, CA – London
Heathrow
|
5x Weekly
|
Seattle – London
Heathrow
|
2x Daily
|
Portland – London
Heathrow
|
5x Weekly
|
Finnair
|
Los Angeles –
Helsinki
|
3x Weekly
|
Los Angeles –
Stockholm
|
4x Weekly
|
Seattle –
Helsinki
|
3x Weekly
|
Iberia
|
Los Angeles –
Barcelona
|
4x Weekly
|
Los Angeles –
Madrid
|
5x Weekly
|
San Francisco –
Barcelona
|
4x Weekly
|
Many of the benefits MVP elite flyers on Alaska currently enjoy with their status
seamlessly carry over to the oneworld tiers when they
travel on any of the 13 member airlines. Those guests can take
advantage of a variety of privileges, including priority check-in,
access to international first and business class lounges, preferred
boarding, fast track through security, baggage benefits and
more.
With Alaska's
highly-acclaimed Mileage Plan program, our flyers
can earn and redeem miles with more than 20
oneworld member airlines and additional airline
partners for travel to more than 1,000 destinations
around the world.
Alaska remains committed
to Next-Level Care for our guests and employees by implementing
more than 100 ways to maintain the highest standard of safety –
from clean planes to clean air in the cabin with hospital-grade air
filtration systems. For everyone's safety on board, Alaska continues to enforce the federally
mandated mask policy, even for those who are fully
vaccinated.
About Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines and our regional partners serve more than 120
destinations across the United
States, Belize,
Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico. We emphasize Next-Level Care for our
guests, along with providing low fares, award-winning customer
service and sustainability efforts. Alaska is a member of the oneworld
global alliance. With the alliance and our additional airline
partners, guests can travel to more than 1,000 destinations on more
than 20 airlines while earning and redeeming miles on flights to
locations around the world. Learn more about Alaska at newsroom.alaskaair.com and
blog.alaskaair.com. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air are
subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK).
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