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Alaska Airlines announces nonstop US-La Paz route after an eleven-year break

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Sumit Singh Editorial Lead | Simple Flying

Alaska Airlines resumes La Paz flights and adds daily Monterrey service. Both new routes will be operated by Embraer E175. Alaska Airlines is the number one airline connecting the West Coast US to Mexico. Alaska Airlines is returning to La Paz this winter after an 11-year hiatus and is adding daily flights to Monterrey.

Earlier today, Alaska Airlines announced it was expanding its international operations from Los Angeles. Beginning in late November, Alaska will be the only airline connecting La Paz to the United States. From next February, the airline will start flying daily to Monterrey, Mexico. Tickets will be available for sale starting tomorrow.

Both of the new routes will be flown on the Embraer E175, meaning one of Alaska's regional contractors will operate the flights. They will likely be operated by SkyWest as the airline already operates a significant portion of Alaska's flights to Mexico. Flight schedules are not yet available.

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"For the Government of Baja California Sur, tourism is one of the pillars that drives the state's economy. Therefore, we are highly committed to promoting actions that benefit this important sector through our tourism trusts, which day by day seek alliances for the benefit of all," said Maribel Collins, Minister of Tourism and Economy, Baja California Sur.

Kirsten Amrine, vice president of revenue management and network planning at Alaska Airlines highlighted that the airline recently marked 35 years of connecting Mexico to the United States. Amrine highlighted Alaska's position as the number one airline connecting the West Coast of the US to Mexico and shared excitement for the new destinations.

La Paz is the capital of Baja California Sur and has a population of just over 250,000. Located on the coast, La Paz is known for its beaches. Aeropuerto Internacional Manuel Márquez de León is an international airport with nearly 1,000 roundtrip flights available this month.

According to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics firm, LAP has flights by five different airlines: Aeromexico, Viva Aerobus, Volaris, Calafia Airlines, and TAR Aerolineas. Volaris is the largest operator at LAP with 400 out of 994 flights and 80,502 seats out of 140,292 total seats available this month. The busiest route from LAP is a short hop to Tijuana.

Aeromexico operates two daily flights from LAP to Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez in Mexico City while Volaris competes with one daily flight using Airbus A320s and A320neos.

Aeropuerto Internacional General Mariano Escobedo (MTY) serves Monterrey’s metropolitan area with data showing there are 8,690 flights scheduled this month offering more than 1.5 million seats across eleven carriers including American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines alongside Copa Airlines and Air Canada serving international routes.

Viva Aerobus headquartered at MTY holds a substantial market share with 5,299 scheduled flights this month outnumbering other carriers in terms of seat availability totaling up to over a million seats mainly covering domestic routes but also extending internationally including destinations in Cuba and Colombia along with several cities in USA where American Airlines follows closely behind holding second largest market share on international routes operating around 490 flights monthly.

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