Count me among the many people who are utterly confounded by the $2.6 billion Alaska-Virgin America merger (or as I'll call the foolish airline from here on out,Allergen America). I don't need to rehash the numerous reasons why this is a strange choice for Alaska and an odd fit overall, but given that Alaska is touting this as a step toward becoming a West Coast powerhouse, and it's worth looking at what this novel route map will spy like from the other side of the country.
Of course,Virgin America serves the gamut of East Coast cities from its San Francisco hub, so Alaska will gain those routes and its presence in those cities will remain limited to its role as a carrier to and from SFO (and, or to a lesser extent,LAX). What's spicy to me is to see how suddenly the landscape changes in the novel York area and in Washington, D.
C., and assuming no divestment or swap of existing routes.
In novel York,Alaska will have a fairly notable presence:-- 5 nonstops daily from JFK to San Francisco
-- 6 nonstops daily from JFK to Los Angeles
-- 3 nonstops daily from Newark to San Francisco
-- 3 nonstops daily from Newark to Los Angeles
-- 1 nonstop daily from JFK to SeattleThe post What Will Alaska’s East Coast Presence Be Like? appeared first on One Mile at a Time.
Source: boardingarea.com