Fly to These In style Nationwide Parks for Much less This Summer season With Alaska Airways’ Elevated Service

Alaska Airways will fly its largest summer season schedule this season and is boosting flights to a few of America’s hottest nationwide parks within the course of.

The airline is including 16 p.c extra flights to Jackson Gap, Wyoming, based on the provider, which serves as a gateway metropolis to each Yellowstone Nationwide Park and Grand Teton Nationwide Park. Alaska flies direct to Jackson Gap from a number of West Coast cities, together with Seattle, San Francisco, and San Diego.

“This summer season, we’re ready to do extra flying and welcome extra friends to expertise not solely a secure operation, but in addition a premium expertise,” Andrew Harrison, the chief business officer at Alaska Airways, mentioned in an announcement. “We’ve been arduous at work on elevating all facets of the journey journey for our friends from begin to end.”

Whereas summer season is excessive season at Yellowstone, it’s additionally one of many greatest instances to go to, particularly to identify elk, moose, bison, and mountain goats within the park.

Throughout a Google Flights search, Journey + Leisure discovered flights to Jackson Gap beginning as little as $119 one-way from Seattle, and beginning as little as $159 one-way from San Diego or San Francisco.

Along with making it simpler to entry Yellowstone and Grand Teton, Alaska Airways will launch direct flights from New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) to Anchorage, Alaska, this month. The brand new flight will mark the one direct route from the New York hub to Anchorage and turn out to be the longest flight within the provider’s community. 

Alaska additionally just lately launched flights between San Diego and Anchorage. In whole, the airline will enhance its schedule to Anchorage by 13 p.c.

These fights make it simpler to entry Alaska’s many nationwide parks, together with beloved spots like Denali Nationwide Park and Protect together with less-visited choices like Katmai Nationwide Park and Protect (recognized for its well-known fats bears) and Glacier Bay Nationwide Park and Protect, which is a well-liked cruise ship cease.

A Google Flights search confirmed one-way flights to Anchorage for as little as $221 from San Diego and as little as $277 from New York Metropolis.

The airline can also be making it extra comfy to fly for a couple of fortunate vacationers by providing one primary cabin passenger a complimentary improve to premium class day by day this summer season. And to economize, the airline has launched a paid subscription service with reductions on Wi-Fi in addition to first dibs on gross sales.