Alaska's route plans include four new mainland links

Alaska Airlines' upcoming route plans include four new mainland links, according to an October 24 report by Simple Flying citing aviation analytics company Cirium.

Daily flights connecting Santa Rosa, California, with Boise and Phoenix are scheduled to start in November 2026. The seasonal services will use Embraer E175 regional jets and run until mid-April.

Portland, Oregon, will gain a nonstop link to Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Colorado. SkyWest will operate E175 flights twice a week in February and March 2027.

A fourth route will connect Seattle Paine Field with San Jose, California, starting in mid-April 2027. Horizon Air will operate the service twice daily with E175 aircraft.

The schedules offer different travel windows: Portland's Colorado service is limited to February and March, while the Santa Rosa links cover winter through mid-April.