Alaska Airlines launches new Facebook app

Alaska Airlines has launched a Facebook application called FlyingSocial, which allows users to plan travel to visit their friends around the country. With the new app, users can view a map populated with photos of their Facebook friends located in cities Alaska Airlines flies and, with a click, can view one-way fares or mileage award levels to the closest airport near their friend’s hometown. To purchase a ticket, users can simply click on ‘Shop Now’ and they are automatically redirected to alaskaair.com. Kopf said that the airline began offering FlyingSocial on its Facebook page on August 31, and has since