Alaska Airlines plans to operate its expanded summer schedules from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) and Portland International Airport (PDX) next year.
The Seattle-based airline unveiled seven new routes from the two hubs on Thursday, all of which will launch between March and June 2026. The additions include its first nonstop route between ANC and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and more connectivity throughout the Pacific Northwest from PDX.
The expansion comes as Alaska strengthens its home territory in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest against competition.
The airline is adding flights and move more domestic connections to PDX as it remodels its Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) hub into an international gateway. Starting in April, Alaska will debut its first flight to Europe with daily service from SEA to Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO). Flights to Keflavik International Airport (KEF) near Reykjavík and London Heathrow Airport (LHR) start in May.
Kirsten Amrine, vice president of revenue management and network planning in Alaska, described The additions of ANC and PDX in summer 2026 reinforce “essential airports for our guests and for us in our growing global network.”
From ANC, Alaska will add the following routes:
- Boise Airport (BOI) in Idaho: twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays with a Boeing 737 from June 10 to August 15, 2026
- BOS: weekly on Saturdays with a 737 from June 13 to August 15, 2026
- Spokane International Airport (GEG) in Washington: twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays with an Embraer E175 from June 10 to August 15, 2026
From PDX, the airline will add:
- Bellingham International Airport (BLI) in Washington: daily with an E175 starting March 18, 2026
- Seattle Paine Field International Airport (PAE) near Everett, Washington: daily with an E175 starting June 10, 2026
- Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) in Wyoming: twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays with an E175 from June 10 to September 30, 2026
- Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) near Pasco, Washington: twice daily with an E175 starting June 10, 2026
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All new routes link existing destinations on the Alaska route map.
In October, Alaska announced new flights from PDX to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA), Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL).
The airline is set to fly its largest summer schedules from ANC and PDX next year, scheduling data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows. For the peak months of June through August, Alaska will average at least 66 daily departures from ANC and at least 145 from PDX.
SEA, Alaska’s largest hub, will see an average of 373 daily departures over the same period in 2026.
Not all of Alaska’s new routes are new. The airline last flew ANC-GEG in 2016, PDX-PSC and PDX-BLI in 2018, and PDX-PAE in 2022, according to Cirium schedules.
Alaska will be the only airline on the seven new ANC and PDX routes.
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