Alaska Expands Service on Several Routes

Added capacity will come online next spring to meet increased demand.

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An Alaska Boeing 737 MAX 9. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson)
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Key Takeaways:

  • Alaska Airlines is expanding its network for 2026, primarily increasing flight frequencies to and from its San Diego and Portland hubs, and to Hawaii.
  • Key service enhancements include more daily flights between San Diego/Portland and Santa Rosa, a new second daily flight from Portland to Newark, and converting Portland-Kaua‘i service to year-round.
  • The airline is also boosting Hawaii service with daily flights from San Francisco to Hawaii Island/Kaua‘i and two daily flights from Los Angeles to Maui, and adding new destinations like Tulsa, OK, and Arcata-Eureka, CA.
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Alaska Airlines will expand service on some of its existing routes as it recalibrates its network for 2026.

The carrier said Monday that it will offer more flights to and from San Diego, Portland, Oregon, and Hawaii.

Starting next spring, Alaska will increase service between San Diego – now its fastest-growing hub – and Santa Rosa-Sonoma in Northern California to three round-trip flights per day.

From Portland, Alaska will add a second daily flight to Newark, New Jersey, convert seasonal service to Kaua‘i, Hawaii, to year-round, and increase flights to Santa Rosa to three per day.

Hawaii Expansion

Service between San Francisco and Hawaii Island and Kaua‘i will move to daily flights in June, and the carrier’s Los Angeles-to-Maui service will move to two flights per day.

Exact dates for the new flights were not provided.

Alaska announced a total of 13 new nonstop routes on Monday, but these were reported on by AirlineGeeks last week based on published Cirium Diio schedules. Most of the growth is centered on Alaska’s hubs in San Diego, Portland, and Seattle. The carrier also announced the addition of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to its route network, and the return of service to Arcata-Eureka, California, after a 15-year gap.

Zach Vasile

Zach Vasile is a writer and editor covering news in all aspects of commercial aviation. He has reported for and contributed to the Manchester Journal Inquirer, the Hartford Business Journal, the Charlotte Observer, and the Washington Examiner, with his area of focus being the intersection of business and government policy.
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