Alaska Airlines and United Airlines fly nonstops on the routes. Virgin America aims to make a splash

Virgin flight ticket America will begin daily nonstops in June between PDX and both Los Angeles and San Francisco. When entering new markets that offer little low-fare competition, Tuesday's flight ticket announcement said, the airline has frequently seen fares drop by up to 30 percent.
The Associated Press San Francisco, with its Golden Gate Bridge, is among the new nonstop destinations from Portland that Virgin America airlines announced Tuesday. British tycoon Richard Branson 's conglomerate holds only a minority share in Virgin America , but the airline's forthcoming launch in Portland promises a dust-up worthy of the brash billionaire.
Virgin flight ticket America announced Tuesday it would begin daily nonstops in June between PDX and both Los Angeles and San Francisco, noting: "When entering new markets that offer little low-fare competition, the airline has frequently seen fares drop by up to 30 percent."
That rings true to Richard Gritta, professor of finance and transportation flight ticket at the University of Portland's Pamplin School of Business. flight ticket Gritta dispenses with disclaimers about California-based flight ticket Virgin America being an entirely separate company from Virgin Atlantic Airways, the company built by Branson. Gritta sees Sir Richard as the force behind the U.S. airline that has expanded flight ticket to 17 destinations since starting in 2007.
For now, Virgin plans to start Portland service June 5 with two daily nonstop flights from Los Angeles International Airport and one from San Francisco International Airport. Tickets are already on sale, with PDX-LAX and PDX-SFO fares starting at $99 each way.
Alaska Airlines and United Airlines fly nonstops on the routes. Virgin America aims to make a splash flight ticket with extras such as WiFi, power outlets at each seat and advanced in-flight entertainment in its fleet of Airbus A320s.
The routes are already well traveled, making them ripe for competition. Passengers make more than 400,000 flight ticket trips each year between Portland and LAX and nearly 300,000 between Portland flight ticket and San Francisco.
Officials at the Port of Portland, which operates Portland International Airport, plan to kick in some incentives to ease entry of what will be PDX's 13th airline. "Given this is an all-new carrier at PDX that is serving two markets, we envision $200,000 flight ticket in new service marketing and advertising support," said Steve Johnson, flight ticket a Port spokesman.
flight ticket In true Virgin style, the airline is adding some promotional fun, asking its social-media followers to suggest flight ticket Portland-themed flight ticket plane names for its 50th aircraft, flight ticket which will join the fleet in April. The airline's employees will vote on the top five entries, with the successful nominator winning two round-trip Portland flights.
David Cush, Virgin America president and chief executive, said in a written announcement that his team was thrilled to offer Portland travelers a different choice "in an industry often characterized by monotony."