Alaska Airways plans to fly its largest-ever summer time schedules from Ted Stevens Anchorage Worldwide Airport (ANC) and Portland Worldwide Airport (PDX) subsequent yr.
The Seattle-based service unveiled seven new routes from the 2 hubs on Thursday, all of that are set to launch between March and June 2026. The additions embody its first-ever nonstop between ANC and Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) and extra connectivity throughout the Pacific Northwest from PDX.
The enlargement comes as Alaska fortifies its residence territory in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest in opposition to competitors.
The service is including flights and transferring extra home connections to PDX because it reshapes its Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport (SEA) hub into a global gateway. Starting in April, Alaska will debut its first-ever flight to Europe with every day service from SEA to Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO). Flights to Keflavik Worldwide Airport (KEF) close to Reykjavik and London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) start in Could.
Kirsten Amrine, vp of income administration and community planning at Alaska, described the summer time 2026 additions from ANC and PDX as bolstering “important airports to our company and us in our rising world community.”
From ANC, Alaska will add the next routes:
- Boise Airport (BOI) in Idaho: twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays with a Boeing 737 from June 10 to Aug. 15, 2026
- BOS: weekly on Saturdays with a 737 from June 13 to Aug. 15, 2026
- Spokane Worldwide Airport (GEG) in Washington: twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays with an Embraer E175 from June 10 to Aug. 15, 2026
From PDX, the airline will add:
- Bellingham Worldwide Airport (BLI) in Washington: every day with an E175 from March 18, 2026
- Seattle Paine Discipline Worldwide Airport (PAE) close to Everett, Washington: every day with an E175 from June 10, 2026
- Jackson Gap Airport (JAC) in Wyoming: twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays with an E175 from June 10 to Sept. 30, 2026
- Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) close to Pasco, Washington: twice every day with an E175 from June 10, 2026
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All the new routes hyperlink current locations on Alaska’s route map.
In October, Alaska introduced new flights from PDX to Baltimore/Washington Worldwide Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA), Philadelphia Worldwide Airport (PHL) and St. Louis Lambert Worldwide Airport (STL).
The airline is about to fly its largest-ever summer time schedules from each ANC and PDX subsequent yr, schedule knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium exhibits. For the height June-to-August months, Alaska may have a median of no less than 66 every day departures from ANC and no less than 145 from PDX.
SEA, Alaska’s largest hub, will see a median of 373 every day departures throughout the identical interval in 2026.
Not all of Alaska’s new routes are new. The airline final flew ANC-GEG in 2016, PDX-PSC and PDX-BLI in 2018, and PDX-PAE in 2022, Cirium schedules present.
Alaska would be the sole service on the seven new ANC and PDX routes.
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