Alaska Airlines is planning new nonstop service between San Diego and Newark, the second busiest airport in the New York area and a growing hub for international flights.
The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority confirmed Thursday the new service will operate daily beginning Nov. 21 on Boeing 737 aircraft. Tickets for the new route will go on sale July 25.
Flights will leave San Diego at 9:55 a.m. and arrive at 5:55 p.m. Return flights will leave Newark at 7 p.m. and arrive at 10 p.m.
“We are pleased Alaska Airlines continues its network expansion in San Diego by adding flights to the New York/Newark metropolitan area,” said Hampton Brown, the San Diego airport’s director of air-service development. “With Newark’s efficient public transport links, travelers will be able to fly from downtown San Diego and reach the center of Manhattan in about 6 hours.”
Alaska Airlines thanked the Federal Aviation Administration and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for their “efforts to increase competition in the New York metro area.”
“Since 2015, Alaska has launched 28 new routes from our West Coast hubs and focus cities,” said John Kirby, Alaska Airlines’ vice president of capacity planning. With our new expanded service to Newark, we continue to grow our West Coast footprint by offering our valued customers more nonstop flights to popular business and leisure destinations.”
The new San Diego–Newark service is Alaska Airlines’ third East Coast destination from San Diego.
