Maria Candeloro, far left, regional manager for Alaska Airlines, talks with Bob and Dorothy Bachler before Tuesday’s inaugural nonstop flight to San Jose, California, from Tucson International Airport. Tucson hasn’t had nonstop service to San Jose — a popular destination for local tech-company executives — since 2004, when Horizon Air dropped its flight to the Silicon Valley city. The daily flights depart TIA at 7 a.m. and arrive in San Jose at 9:24, with return flights leaving San Jose at 5:35 p.m. and arriving at 7:45. Alaska Air uses 76-passenger Embraer 175 jets, with 12 seats in first class and 64 in coach.
Nonstop flights to San Jose return to Tucson International Airport
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Maria Candeloro, far left, regional manager for Alaska Airlines, talks with Bob and Dorothy Bachler before the inaugural nonstop flight to San Jose, California, on August 29, 2017, at the Tucson International Airport.
Viki Matthews, left, community relations administrator, helps Dorothy Bachler with some breakfast treats before the inaugural nonstop flight to San Jose, California, on August 29, 2017, at the Tucson International Airport.
A board shows the inaugural nonstop flight from Tucson to San Jose with Alaska Airlines on August 29, 2017, at the Tucson International Airport.
The inaugural nonstop flight to San Jose, California on Alaska Airlines, passes under water cannons on August 29, 2017, at the Tucson International Airport.
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