Alaska Airlines Will Begin Flying New International Routes in 2025—Here’s Where

30.12.2024 - 16:15 / afar.com

Alaska Airlines’ footprint is growing both domestically and internationally.

For years, the vast majority of Alaska’s routes have been West Coast-focused, with a handful of Central America destinations as well. Before the pandemic, the airline’s only international flights were to Mexico and Costa Rica, and since then, the carrier’s service has expanded to the Bahamas, Belize, Canada, and Guatemala.

But following the September acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, which gives Alaska access to Hawaiian’s fleet of longer-range aircraft, the Seattle-based carrier is planning to further grow its network and products, with several new domestic and international routes on the horizon, as well as plans for new lounges.

Alaska reports that it plans to serve at least 12 nonstop global destinations with long-haul wide-body aircraft from Seattle by 2030.

Here’s what’s next for Alaska Airlines.

In 2025, Alaska will add new routes from Seattle-Tacoma to Japan’s Tokyo Narita International Airport and to South Korea’s Seoul Incheon International Airport.

You’ll have to wait until next autumn to fly on the new Alaska Airlines route between Seattle and Seoul.

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The Tokyo route is slated to begin on May 12, 2025, and tickets are already available on alaskaair.com and hawaiianairlines.com. As for the flights between Seattle and Seoul, the airline has only said that service will start in October 2025. Additional details are expected to be released when flights go on sale in early 2025.

Both routes will operate on Airbus A330-200 aircraft, a high-capacity wide-body jet currently in Hawaiian Airlines’ fleet (Alaska’s fleet contained only narrow-body jets prior to joining forces with Hawaiian). The new flights will also make it easier for travelers to connect to other destinations in Asia through the airline’s oneworld Alliance partner, Japan Airlines.

Hawaiian already offers nonstop service between Honolulu and Tokyo Haneda International Airport, as well as to Japan’s Osaka and Fukuoka airports, and will continue to fly those routes.

Beyond Seattle, Alaska also recently started new service from Los Angeles International Airport to La Paz International Airport in Baja California Sur, Mexico on November 20. The airline will also begin operating service from Los Angeles to Mexico’s Monterrey International Airport on February 13, 2025.

A new domestic route will get Alaska Airlines fliers directly to the slopes of Vail, Colorado.

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Also on the horizon are three new Alaska lounges at San Diego International Airport, Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the latter of which will be the airline’s new flagship