Alaska Airlines will launch new nonstop flights from Seattle to London Heathrow and Reykjavik, Iceland, beginning next spring.
These flights mark the fourth and fifth of at least 12 intercontinental destinations Alaska Airlines will serve from its hometown airport in Seattle by 2030.
Alaska Airlines will offer daily, year-round service to the British capital on its widebody 787-9 aircraft, featuring 34 enclosed suites with fully lie-flat seats in Business Class. London is the largest intercontinental market from Seattle, with more than 400 passengers traveling between the two cities every day. The Seattle-Reykjavik route will fly daily during the summer season on a 737-8 MAX aircraft, designed for this type of long-range flying.
“With these bold moves, we are accelerating our vision to connect our guests to the world, said Ben Minicucci, Alaska Airlines’ CEO, in a media statement. “We are seizing this moment to redefine the international experience and level up. And we’re doing it with the same relentless focus on safety, care and performance that’s always defined us. I’m so proud of how our people continue to step up and deliver as we push ahead on these initiatives, with even more to come.”
Opening Up the West
Alaska Airlines is further expanding its network between California and the Pacific Northwest with seven new routes starting this October.
The airline has added three new routes from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Eugene and Redmond, Oregon as well as Pasco, Washington— all starting on Oct. 26, 2025. Also on Oct. 26, Alaska will debut flights linking Palm Springs and Santa Rosa. For the winter season (starting on Dec. 18, 2025), it will also launch service between San Diego and Sun Valley, and introduce a new Boise-Southern California connection as well as a Spokane-Orange County route on Jan. 7, 2026.
Plus, Alaska Airlines will be debuting new aurora borealis-inspired livery on its long-haul 787-9s starting in January. By spring, all Dreamliners in the fleet are scheduled to showcase the new design.
