Third airline launches flights from Fresno to major Mexico city. Here’s when it’s flying
Tuesday night marks the first scheduled departure for Alaska Airlines’ winter-season, daily nonstop flights between Fresno and Guadalajara, Mexico.
The seasonal flights were announced back in July. Alaska Airlines will operate the flights through Feb. 12, becoming the first domestic airline to offer international flights at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Two Mexico-based airlines, Aeromexico and Volaris, also serve the Fresno-Guadalajara route on a year-round basis.
Volaris and Aeromexico together offer multiple nonstop round trips each day between the two cities. All of the Fresno departures are “red-eye” flights that depart either very late at night or the wee hours of the morning.
When Alaska made its announcement, the plan was for a 7 a.m. departure that arrived in Guadalajara shortly before 1 p.m. But those plans changed in the intervening five months. Alaska Airlines Flight 684 will take off from Fresno at 11:35 p.m. and arrive in Guadalajara at 5 a.m. — another red-eye between the two cities.
The return flight, Alaska 695, will take off from Guadalajara at 8:52 p.m. and arrive in Fresno at 10:56 p.m.
There is a two-hour time difference between Guadalajara and Fresno. The flight time is about 3 hours, 20 minutes aboard Alaska’s Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Within days of Alaska Airlines announcing its seasonal Fresno-Guadalajara service, Volaris countered with its own addition of another seasonal nonstop flight between the two cities.
The seasonal flights provide additional capacity during the busy holiday period.
This story was originally published December 3, 2024 at 1:08 PM.
