Alaska Airlines’ newest partner, Air Tahiti Nui, launches new service to islands of Tahiti

South Pacific airline now flies nonstop between Seattle and French Polynesia; Mileage Plan members can earn and redeem miles for flights and buy tickets on alaskaair.com  

SEATTLE, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Alaska Airways joined Air Tahiti Nui, our latest international airline accomplice, to have fun the inaugural nonstop flight right now between our hometown airport in Seattle and Papeete – the capital of French Polynesia situated on Tahiti, its principal island. From the guts of the islands of Tahiti, the probabilities are infinite for escapes to extra wonderful close by locations, together with Bora Bora and Moorea.

Alaska’s Mileage Plan members earn miles on Air Tahiti Nui flights, and may redeem miles or buy tickets for Air Tahiti Nui flights straight on alaskaair.com. A codeshare partnership between the 2 airways permits passengers to journey from practically 100 cities throughout Alaska’s community via Seattle and onward to Tahiti. Air Tahiti Nui is working the seasonal flights twice per week between Seattle and Papeete. It is the one nonstop connecting the Pacific Northwest to the South Pacific.

“Simply because the climate begins to show within the Pacific Northwest, our friends can now chase the nice and cozy solar all the way in which to Tahiti with a handy nonstop flight from Seattle on Air Tahiti Nui,” stated Nat Pieper, senior vp of fleet, finance and alliances at Alaska Airways. “Air Tahiti Nui is a terrific new international airline accomplice for us, additional connecting the West Coast to the South Pacific with world-class service and facilities on their Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner planes. With a lot magnificence, Tahiti is actually an aspirational vacation spot.”

New Air Tahiti Nui service:

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“With this new service, Air Tahiti Nui turns into the primary and solely provider providing direct flights connecting the South Pacific and the Pacific Northwest,” stated Michel Monvoisin, CEO of Air Tahiti Nui. “It is an opportunity for North American vacationers to find the great thing about the 118 Islands of Tahiti, together with Tahiti, Bora Bora, Moorea and Rangiroa, which function the background to the numerous wonders to find, landscapes to discover and recollections to create.”

Our friends have extra terrific flight choices with our latest accomplice. They will additionally redeem miles and buy tickets on alaskaair.com for Air Tahiti Nui’s day by day nonstop service between Papeete and Los Angeles – one other key hub for Alaska. Plus, there’s persevering with service between Tahiti and Auckland, New Zealand on Air Tahiti Nui. There’s one other flight for our friends to get enthusiastic about: nonstop service between Los Angeles and Paris supplied by Air Tahiti Nui.

Alaska is a member of the oneworld international alliance. With oneworld and our extra airline companions, our friends can earn and redeem miles with our extremely acclaimed Mileage Plan program to fly on greater than 20 oneworld and accomplice airways throughout the globe. We provide bonuses on miles earned and elite-qualifying miles that depend towards Mileage Plan standing. Elite standing on Alaska robotically matches tier standing in oneworld, so MVP Gold members have oneworld Sapphire standing immediately and all the advantages that include it. 

About Alaska Airways

Alaska Airways and our regional companions serve greater than 120 locations throughout america, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico. We emphasize low fares and award-winning customer support. Alaska is a member of the oneworld international alliance. With the alliance and our extra airline companions, our friends can journey to greater than 900 locations on greater than 20 airways whereas incomes and redeeming miles on flights to areas all over the world. Be taught extra about Alaska at information.alaskaair.com. Alaska Airways and Horizon Air are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group.

SOURCE Alaska Airways