Alaska Airlines And Virgin America To Add 13 New Routes From The Bay Area

Today, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines shared the details of a slew of new routes from both San Francisco (SFO) and San Jose (SJC). Virgin will be adding seven new routes from SFO, while Alaska will add three from SFO and three from SJC.The 13 new routes from the Bay Area expand the soon-to-be combined carriers’ reach to the middle of the country and to the East Coast. In addition, the carrier will add new service to Hawaii, Los Angeles and a proposed route to Mexico City, pending government approval.Here’s the full list of additions:Virgin AmericaSan Francisco (SFO) ⇒ Philadelphia (PHL) — beginning September 31SFO ⇒ Nashville (BNA) — beginning September 5SFO ⇒ New Orleans (MSY) — beginning September 21SFO ⇒ Indianapolis (IND) — beginning September 26SFO ⇒ Baltimore (BWI) — beginning October 16SFO ⇒ Raleigh-Durham (RDU) — beginning October 19SFO ⇒ Kona (KOA) — beginning December 14Alaska AirlinesSan Jose (SJC) ⇒ Austin (AUS) — beginning August 28SJC ⇒ Tucson (TUS) — beginning August 28SJC ⇒ Los Angeles (LAX) — beginning September 20San Francisco (SFO) ⇒ Albuquerque (ABQ) — beginning September 18SFO ⇒ Kansas City (MCI) — beginning September 18SFO ⇒ Mexico City (MEX) — beginning summer 2017The new routes further bolster Virgin and Alaska’s presence in the Bay Area. With the new routes, the two will offer a total of 125 daily nonstop flights to 42 destinations from the three major Bay Area airports (OAK, SFO and SJC).An interesting note is that Alaska Airlines’ release didn’t detail that the Virgin America flights would be operated by VX. Instead, it only specified the aircraft type (A320) that will operate the routes — possibly giving us an indication on what direction Alaska plans to take the Virgin brand.Executives have been relatively quiet since the close of the merger as to what the future of the Virgin brand will look like. With the exception of some loyalty program news, there’s still no word on what the future of the brand will look like. But, generally speaking, it’s good news for travelers that Virgin and Alaska are continuing to expand its combined route network.Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.