Alaska Airlines is the fifth-largest airline in the United States by number of flights. In January 2025, OAG’s mainline and regional network had an average of 1,117 daily flights (excluding Hawaiian Airlines’ recent acquisition by Alaska Air Group).
It offers 319 routes, including 268 domestic and 51 foreign.This month’s connections contain 10 new ones, as well as resumptions.
Summary: January 2025.
While January flights have increased by 9% year on year, seats for sale are up by 6%. This represents higher-gauge equipment, more seats per flight, and lower seat-mile expenses.
Flights using the carrier’s most common type, the 78-seat Embraer E175, are principally responsible. Daily services have increased by a fifth, with more than 80 added, thanks in part to additional deliveries following the Q400’s requirement in early 2023.
While 737 flights have increased by only 1% year on year, this masks considerable changes. NG flying has decreased by around a percent, while the 737 MAX 8 entered service in February 2024, and the 737 MAX 9 has grown by a quarter.
Alaska Airlines’ ten extra routes
The January contributions are sorted by start date. Nine people have never been served by the airline before, which is encouraging. Only one was formerly part of its network, and that was three years ago. Despite the headline, the article is clearly not fresh, however 90% new is amazing.
Two routes—Portland to New Orleans and Boise to Orlando—have never been flown by an operator. I am confident they will contribute to my Weekly Routes article.
When extended throughout the entire year, rather than the part-year that Alaska Airlines will run for winter demand, Portland-New Orleans has 40 passengers per day each way (supplemented by transit traffic), compared to 79 for the Florida route.
Will Alaska Airlines receive a sufficient fare premium to justify non-stop flights over the various one-stop choices via hubs en route?
The list excludes basic seasonal resumptions.