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Hawaiian Airlines announced this week that its check-in counter and operations moved to Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Back in July, I wrote about Alaska Airlines opening its new lounge in the terminal after it relocated operations there from Terminal 2 in June. Now, the two airlines are together for a more seamless passenger experience.
Alaska Airlines is the second largest carrier at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Hawaiian Airlines’ move to be near Alaska is the first of six planned relocations. Other airports include Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport (LAS), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Ontario International Airport (ONT), Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), and Sacramento International Airport (SMF).
Hawaiian has flown to the Bay Area since 1986 and offers daily flights between San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and both Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) and Maui’s Kahului Airport (OGG) using Airbus A330 and A321neo aircraft. Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines will operate four daily flights between SFO and Hawaii this December. Combined, the carriers fly to more than 140 global destinations.
The 11,000-square-foot Alaska Airlines Lounge that opened this summer is located near Gate B6. This is the second largest lounge that Alaska operates. It’s open daily from 5:00 AM to 10:30 PM.
The lounge offers an expanded menu made with fresh local ingredients, a barista-staffed coffee bar, and complimentary West Coast wine, spirits, and craft brews. The lounge will also feature two of Alaska’s signature pancake machines. These are found in all of its lounges and quite popular with guests. A wall of windows will provide passengers with great views of the planes passing by and varied seating configurations will provide lots of choices to relax throughout the lounge.
Terminal 1 gives Alaska and Hawaiian proximity to its fellow oneworld partners (soon to be fellow in Hawaiian’s case) and will be able to provide seamless connections. Alaska and its partners offer over 130 weekly flights to 18 international destinations. Access is granted to those flying in paid First Class Alaska Airlines’ flights over 2,100 miles, Alaska Lounge members, American Airlines Admirals Club members, and those with oneworld Sapphire and Emerald status on qualifying itineraries.
Anthony’s Take: This move and the other airport relocations make sense. It’s great that they are keeping the two airlines separate, but working closely together.
(Image Credits: Alaska Airlines.)
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