Alaska Airlines to Add Five New Nonstop Routes from Seattle in 2027

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 12, Alaska Airlines announced that it will add five new nonstop routes from Seattle in spring and summer 2027, including four year-round routes to Charlotte, Jacksonville, Norfolk and Des Moines, as well as a seasonal international route to Guadalajara, Mexico. With the addition of these new routes, Alaska Airlines will serve 119 nonstop destinations from Seattle, and tickets for the relevant flights have already gone on sale.

The four domestic routes will be launched in two phases. The Seattle–Charlotte, North Carolina and Seattle–Norfolk, Virginia routes are scheduled to begin operating on June 10, 2027, both with one daily flight and year-round operation; the Seattle–Jacksonville, Florida and Seattle–Des Moines, Iowa routes are scheduled to launch on June 24, also operating daily. Among them, Jacksonville, Norfolk and Des Moines will offer nonstop flights to and from Seattle for the first time.

The nonstop service between Seattle and Guadalajara, Mexico is scheduled to launch on March 18, 2027 and operate through August 9, with three round trips per week, operated by Boeing 737 series aircraft. The flight departing Seattle is scheduled to take off at 23:15 local time and arrive at 5:11 the next day; the return flight departs Guadalajara at 12:35 local time and arrives at 17:03. The route brings air connectivity between Seattle and Mexico's second-largest city into Alaska Airlines' summer route network.

This route expansion focuses primarily on domestic market coverage from the Seattle hub and cross-border connections to Mexico. Charlotte is one of the important hubs of the oneworld alliance, and the new nonstop service will provide Seattle travelers with more connecting and travel options in the southeastern United States; Jacksonville and Norfolk will respectively supplement nonstop service to northeastern Florida and the coastal region of Virginia. Once all five new routes are in operation, Seattle will have a broader nonstop network covering the eastern and central United States as well as western Mexico.