Alaska Airlines will offer a daily, nonstop flight from John Wayne Airport to Albuquerque, N.M., starting Aug. 18.
“With this addition, Alaska will offer 21 peak, daily departures to nine destinations from John Wayne Airport, including Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,” said John Kirby, Alaska’s vice president of capacity planning, in a statement.
Flights will include 76 seats, including 12 in first class. Tickets for the new routes are available now.
The additional flight offering Vdcasino comes after a gate shakeup at JWA.
Southwest lost seven daily flights and nearly 1 million passenger seats in 2017. The airline shed flights to Mexico City, which ended Jan. 4. Flights to Austin, Texas; Kansas City, Mo.; Portland, Ore.; St. Louis; and Seattle end Saturday; and flights to Puerto Vallarta cease April 25.
In the past, unused capacity from other carriers was used by Southwest. Other carriers, including Delta, United and Alaska, requested additional capacity for 2017, leaving fewer supplemental seats for Southwest.
JWA previously told the Register that the airport does not yet know what other flights will be added.
Representatives from JWA did not immediately requests for comment.
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