Alaska

Alaska plans to add two new routes and one returning service this summer. The Seattle-based airline will expand route offerings from its namesake state.

After a monthslong wait, the Seattle-based carrier received approval from the Department of Transportation to schedule the service.

The Department of Transportation issued its final order regarding nonperimeter flights from Washington Reagan National Airport on Tuesday.

Hawaiian Airlines is planning to hire over 200 employees to fly and service its new West Coast routes previously flown by its parent carrier Alaska Airlines.

Following a 22-year pause, Seward, Alaska, may once again have scheduled flights. The town’s airport last had scheduled air service in 2002.

Alaska leadership is committing to preserving the iconic Hawaiian Airlines brand, but only on certain flights to The Aloha State.

Next year, Hawaiian’s Airbus A330-200 aircraft will begin operating flights from Seattle to Asia and Alaska, with more routes coming.

In its latest network shake-up, Alaska will deploy Hawaiian’s widebody aircraft on long-haul flights from its Seattle hub.

The recently-merged Alaska and Hawaiian airline duo plans to move operations at five additional airports in the coming months.

Service to the state of Alaska, and especially Anchorage, has been increasing exponentially over the past several years.