Pichu America launches flights to Las Vegas, operations to begin from next week.
Las Vegas - Pichu America became the latest airline to operate flights to the city of Las Vegas, via the McCarran International Airport.
In a press conference held yesterday evening, the airline's Chief Operarions Officer Tommy Goodison confirmed weeks of speculation that the airline was going to launch flights from the city, in a bid to increase the airline's presence in the west coast.
Pichu America will serve domestic destinations for now, but Mr Goodison did not rule out possible international flights from the city. "For us it is currently a matter of priorities. Given an infinite fleet size, we would launch all the routes we want, but now that our fleet is limited, we will have to consider what are the demands of this airline and its passengers."
According to the COO, the city will have daily flights serving the cities of San Francisco (SFO), Los Angeles (LGB), Dallas (DFW), Tampa (TPA) and New York (JFK). Tickets are opened to Pichu frequent-flier program members for booking from 12th to 13th September, with the public able to purchase tickets from 14th September onwards.
With regards to recent storms affecting the South-east region and the Caribbean, such as Tropical Storm Issac and Hurricane Florence, Mr Goodison stressed that the airline is unaffected by both storms, apart from minor delays due to unstable weather in the region. He reiterated that some flights to Tampa will be delayed to flight rerouting due to Hurricane Florenece. The flights affected include the New York - Tampa and Washington D.C. - Tampa routes. Passengers for these flights and other flights flying into Tampa, Washington or New York are expected to experience 10-20 mins delays in departure times and flight times, as their aircraft may be used to fly the affected routes, or my be rerouted to avoid the storms.
Route Announcement
As stated in the press conference on the 12th September, Pichu America will be launching new flights to the city of Las Vegas. For members of the public, booking of the tickets is available with effect today, at 1200 EDT, on our website. Flights below will start on the 16th September, unless otherwise stated. All times stated are in local time.
Las Vegas - Long Beach/Los Angeles (2x daily)
PAC245 LAS 1520 LGB 1620 32A
PAC247 LAS 2100 LGB 2205 32A
PAC246 LGB 1655 LAS 1800 32A
PAC248 LGB 2255 LAS 0005 (+1) 32A
Las Vegas - San Francisco (3x daily)
PAC362 LAS 1130 SFO 1255 32A
PAC364 LAS 1650 SFO 1815 32A
PAC366 LAS 1830 SFO 1955 32A
PAC361 SFO 1325 LAS 1450 32A
PAC363 SFO 1845 LAS 2010 32A
PAC365 SFO 2025 LAS 2155 32A
Las Vegas - New York (1x daily, to increase to 2x daily)
PAC352 LAS 0030 JFK 0830 32A
PAC354 LAS 1700 JFK 0055 (+1) 32B (to begin 20th September)
PAC351 JFK 0900 LAS 1100 32A
PAC353 JFK 1920 LAS 2115 32B (to begin 20th September)
Las Vegas - Tampa (1x daily, to increase to 2x daily)
PAC356 LAS 0030 TPA 0800 32A
PAC358 LAS 2200 TPA 0525 (+1) 32B (to begin 20th September)
PAC355 TPA 0830 LAS 0955 32A
PAC357 TPA 1130 LAS 1255 32B (to begin 20th September)
Las Vegas - Dallas/Fort Worth (1x daily)
PAC370 LAS 1030 DFW 1505 32A
PAC369 DFW 1540 LAS 1620 32A
**Updated as at 170918: Edits was made with finalized flight details**