Summer Season Invites New Bay Area Flights

Just in time for the busy travel season, several new routes are set for take-off at Bay Area airports.

From San Francisco, flights into Bozeman and Missoula, Montana will begin June 9th on United Express, as will flights to Anchorage on United Airlines. Delta will be the latest carrier adding new service between SFO and LAX beginning June 10th, while Hawaiian Airlines adds nonstop service between Oakland and Kahului June 5th.

Also noteworthy is Swiss Air adding service SFO to Zurich this month, Westjet to Vancouver, and Virgin America adds their first international destination to their playbook - Toronto, later in the month.

Delta Reinstates San Francisco to Los Angeles Flights

Delta and SkyTeam members will appreciate reinstated service between San Francisco and Los Angeles beginning June 10th. Delta had offered this highly competitive route in the past, but was not particularly successful at the time. Now, they are relaunching with five daily flights, staggered throughout the day, in hopes of shuttling passengers between the west coast's two busiest airports. A mix of Boeing 737's and regional jets will operate between the two cities.

Here is the schedule: (thanks to airline route updates blog for this information)

SFO-LAX

• DL4877 SFO0650 – 0815LAX CR9 D
• DL4867 SFO1045 – 1210LAX CR9 D
• DL2990 SFO1500 – 1625LAX 73H D
• DL4857 SFO1700 – 1825LAX CR9 D
• DL2976 SFO1905 – 2030LAX 73H D

LAX-SFO

• DL2989 LAX0700 – 0820SFO 73H D
• DL4877 LAX0900 – 1020SFO CR9 D
• DL4867 LAX1240 – 1400SFO CR9 D
• DL2987 LAX1705 – 1825SFO 73H D
• DL4857 LAX1855 – 2015SFO CR9 D

Alaska Airlines ends San Francisco to Los Angeles Flights

Alaska Airlines officially ends SFO-LAX flights today. The airline had been down to just a single flight daily. Codeshare partner American will continue to operate several daily flights between the city pairs.

Mid-Week Travel: $29 Bucks Each Way to SoCal

United, American, Southwest, Alaska and Virgin America have all lowered airfares to Southern California. Travel for just $29 each way + tax, which comes to $78 roundtrip w/taxes. The fares are good for Tuesday and Wednesday travel through September 8, 2009. Click here and search by "flexible dates" option.