18 new winter routes for Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines is expanding its winter offering with 18 new nonstop routes across America and Mexico, marking a series of notable firsts.

New routes offered by the airline include its first-ever service to Vail, Colorado from San Diego and Seattle. Alaska Airlines will also reaffirm its position as the largest US carrier between the West Coast and Latin America with a new nonstop service to Liberia, Costa Rica from San Francisco and Seattle; its 104^th nonstop route departing from the latter.

Additionally, Alaska will become the first US carrier to connect the Mexican destinations of Fresno and Guadalajara with daily flights on its mainline aircraft, as well as offering the only nonstop service between New York state and Puerto Vallarta.

This builds on an announcement made last week that will see Alaska become the only US airline to offer flights to La Paz, Mexico; as well as becoming the only US carrier to fly between Monterrey, Mexico and Los Angeles.

“We’re thrilled to offer convenient connection for guests across our network with this expansion,” said Kirsten Amrine, vice president of network planning and revenue management at Alaska Airlines, who described the new routes as “an exciting range of options from tropical destinations cross Mexico to the most popular ski slopes in North America”.