Ua mākaukau ʻo Alaska Airlines e hoʻopā i ka ʻāina ʻo Buckeye. Ua hoʻolaha ka mokulele i kēia lā e hoʻomaka i kēlā me kēia lā nonstop lawelawe ma waena Kahua Mokulele Seattle-Tacoma a me John Glenn Columbus International Airport ma Ohio. ʻO ka lawelawe hou, ka mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻomaka i ka lā 7 Malaki 2019, ʻo ia wale nō ka lele pau ʻole i hāʻawi ʻia ma waena o ka Pacific Northwest a me Central Ohio.
"Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Alaska Airlines i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ke Komohana Komohana me nā huakaʻi hoihoi hou a puni ka ʻāina," wahi a John Kirby, ka hope pelekikena o ka hoʻolālā hiki a me nā kuʻikahi ma Alaska Airlines. “Ke hōʻike nei kēia lawelawe hou iā Columbus i ka huakaʻi mua loa o Alaska ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Buckeye, a me kā mākou kūpaʻa e hāʻawi i nā wahi hoʻomaha loa mai ko mākou kūlanakauhale hānau ʻo Seattle."
ʻO ka lā kūpono i haʻalele ai ke kūlanakauhale ʻelua i ka hōʻea ʻana i nā mokulele mokulele
Malaki 7, 2019 Seattle – Columbus 9:45 am 5:15 pm ʻO kēlā me kēia lā A320
Malaki 7, 2019 Columbus – Seattle 6:15 pm 8:25 pm kēlā me kēia lā A320
Nā manawa lele e pili ana i nā kaona manawa kūloko.
"Ua hauʻoli ʻo Columbus e hoʻokipa iā Alaska Airlines iā John Glenn International," wahi a Joseph R. Nardone, Pelekikena & Luna Nui o ka Columbus Regional Airport Authority. “Me nā huakaʻi hoʻokuʻu ʻole i Seattle, ʻoi aku ka nui o kā mākou ʻoihana a me nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa i ke Komohana Komohana. Mahalo nui mākou i ka hoʻokomo kālā ʻana o Alaska i ke kaona nui o Ohio a ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ko lākou hōʻea ʻana i Malaki.
ʻO Columbus ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma Ohio a ʻo ka 14 o ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma ka lāhui. ʻO ia hoʻi ka home o The Ohio State University, kekahi o nā kula nui loa ma ka ʻāina a me ka home o nā Buckeyes.
Ke hana nei ʻo Alaska i ka awelika o 31 mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā mai ke Komohana Komohana a i 10 mau kūlanakauhale Midwest, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Chicago; Detroit; Indianapolis; Kansas City, Missouri; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Minneapolis; kūlanakauhale ʻo Oklahoma; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis; a me Wichita, Kansas.
Mai ke kikowaena nui o Alaska ma Seattle, hiki i nā malihini ke hele i 89 mau wahi. Lilo ʻo Columbus i ka 90th nonstop destination i kēia pūnāwai.
E lele ana ʻo Alaska Airlines a me kāna mau hoa āpana i 44 miliona mau malihini i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ʻoi aku ma mua o 115 mau wahi me ka awelika o 1,200 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a i Mexico, Kanada a me Costa Rica. Me Alaska a me Alaska Global Partners, hiki i nā malihini ke loaʻa a kūʻai hou i nā mile ma nā mokulele i ʻoi aku ma mua o 900 mau wahi i ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ua helu ʻo Alaska Airlines i ka "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Traditional Carriers in North America" ma ka JD Power North America Airline Satisfaction Study no 11 mau makahiki mai 2008 a 2018.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- E lele ana ʻo Alaska Airlines a me kāna mau hoa ʻāina i 44 miliona mau malihini i ka makahiki i ʻoi aku ma mua o 115 mau wahi me ka awelika o 1,200 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a i Mexico, Kanada a me Costa Rica.
- “This new service to Columbus represents Alaska’s first destination in the Buckeye State, and our commitment to offer the most nonstop destinations from our hometown of Seattle.
- Columbus is the largest city in Ohio and the 14th largest city in the nation.