Aloha, partner! Alaska Airlines welcomes Mokulele Airlines to Mileage Plan

 Hawaii-based provider will join our friends on interisland flights to 10 locations throughout the state beginning early subsequent yr; Mileage Plan members will earn miles on Mokulele flights

SEATTLE, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — As Alaska Airways celebrates 15 years of serving the Hawaiian Islands, we’re deepening our dedication to the state with an enhanced partnership with Mokulele Airways, our latest Mileage Plan associate, beginning in early 2023. By becoming a member of forces, we’re making it simpler and extra handy for our friends to fly to extra places all through the islands.

Mokulele provides extra interisland frequencies than every other airline in Hawaii with greater than 800 flights every week – together with as many as 150 peak-day departures – to 10 locations throughout the Aloha State. With connecting service on Mokulele, our friends will take pleasure in faster entry to seven new places and two islands circuitously served by Alaska, similar to Hilo, Lanai and Molokai. Mokulele is the one provider in Hawaii with frequently scheduled service to Lanai and Molokai.

Beginning early 2023, here is how our friends will profit from our new partnership with Mokulele Airways:

• Flights on Mokulele shall be accessible for buy instantly on alaskaair.com. That addition to our web site will occur early subsequent yr.
• Mileage Plan members who buy tickets instantly on alaskaair.com will earn miles when flying on Mokulele.

“Our enhanced partnership with Mokulele Airways will present our friends with a extra streamlined approach to journey to extra communities throughout the islands to understand the tradition, magnificence and journey of Hawaii,” stated Nat Pieper, senior vp of fleet, finance and alliances at Alaska Airways. “That is additionally a terrific manner for our Mileage Plan members to earn extra miles whereas touring to some of the lovely locations on this planet.”

Hawaii is simple to get to on Alaska, due to a median of 30 nonstop peak-daily flights from seven West Coast cities (Anchorage, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego) to the 4 largest islands – Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Island of Hawaii.

Mokulele Airways has operated for almost 30 years. The corporate is owned by Southern Airways, which is the biggest commuter airline within the U.S. In November, Southern will add a second 28-seat Saab 340 plane to Mokulele’s general fleet as a part of its enlargement.

“We’re in a progress mode, bringing extra plane and bigger plane to Hawaii,” stated Keith Sisson, chief of workers at Southern Airways. “For the upcoming yr, we’re each chance for providing a extra numerous platform of providers to the folks of the islands. Enhancing our partnership with Alaska Airways is the subsequent step to our turning into Hawaii’s most complete air service supplier.”

Mokulele serves 10 locations in Hawaii: Honolulu on Oahu; Hana, Kahului and Kapalua on Maui; Hilo, Waimea–Kohala and Kona on Hawaii Island; Lanai Metropolis on Lanai; Kalaupapa and Hoolehua on Molokai.

Alaska has flown to Hawaii for 15 years. We launched our first flight between Seattle and Honolulu on Oct. 12, 2007. Service between Seattle and Lihue, Kauai, began two weeks later, adopted by Anchorage-Honolulu service in December 2007. In 2008, Alaska started serving Kona on the Island of Hawaii and Kahului on Maui.

With our award-winning service, we provide onboard facilities for a terrific journey to the islands: Our planes have a three-class cabin together with First Class and Premium Class; energy retailers at each seat to maintain units charged; tons of of free motion pictures and TV reveals that may streamed inflight to your individual units; most flights are enabled with streaming-fast satellite tv for pc Wi-Fi accessible for buy; and you may pre-order from a spread of recent meal choices. Additionally, if it’s important to make totally different journey plans, there aren’t any change charges to do this.

Our partnership extends to all flights operated by Southern Airways Specific, enabling connections in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Denver, Washington-Dulles, St. Louis, Dallas/Ft. Value, Nashville, Atlanta and Pittsburgh.

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 associate airways throughout the globe. Elite standing on Alaska robotically matches tier standing in oneworld straight away together with 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 places all over the world. Be taught extra about Alaska at information.alaskaair.com. Alaska Airways and Horizon Air are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group.

About Mokulele Airways/Southern Airways

Based in Memphis in 2013, Palm Seaside-based Southern Airways has rapidly grown to turn out to be the biggest commuter airline in america. Working a various fleet of over fifty plane, Southern, together with its subsidiaries, Mokulele Airways and Marianas Southern Airways, serve 52 cities with greater than 275 peak-day departures from hubs at Chicago-O’Hare, Dallas/Ft. Value, Denver, Honolulu, Kahului, Los Angeles, Memphis, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Saipan, St. Louis and Washington-Dulles. For extra info, go to iFlySouthern.com or go to us on all main social media websites.

SOURCE Alaska Airways