MEDIA RELEASE

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air today announced expanded service to Hawaii and Mexico and new service between San Jose, Calif., and Los Angeles that will strengthen international connections with the airlines’ alliance partners.

Alaska Airlines will inaugurate daily service between San Diego, Calif., and Kahului, Maui, beginning Oct. 1, and daily seasonal service between San Diego and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, starting Nov. 12.

It will also begin seasonal flying between Portland, Ore., and Kona, four times a week starting Nov. 12. Additionally, it will add a second flight between Seattle and Kona that will operate thrice weekly from Nov. 11 to April 10, 2011.

These new flights are in addition to the new daily service between Portland and Honolulu the carrier announced last week.

“Hawaii and Mexico are among the most popular leisure destinations Alaska and Horizon serve,” said Joe Sprague, Alaska’s vice president of marketing. “This winter we will have more than 100 roundtrips a week to the four major Hawaiian Islands, and we’re offering low fares and Alaska Airlines Vacations packages that make Hawaii travel even more affordable.”