Alaska Airways is making adjustments in Hawaii.
The Seattle-based service will add two new routes from its hub at Honolulu’s Daniel Ok. Inouye Worldwide Airport (HNL): each day service to Idaho’s Boise Airport (BOI) from Dec. 17 via March 21, 2027, and Saturday-only flights to Spokane Worldwide Airport (GEG) in Washington from Dec. 19 via April 17, 2027.
Each new HNL routes can be flown with Boeing 737 Max plane.
On the identical time, Alaska will finish Hawaiian Airways‘ service to New Zealand. Flights from HNL to Auckland Airport (AKL) on an Airbus A330 is not going to resume in November as deliberate.
Hawaiian started flying the HNL-AKL route in 2013, schedule knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium reveals.
Alaska stated the adjustments are “designed to align capability with evolving journey demand.”
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The airline will add flights throughout peak durations from HNL to Harry Reid Worldwide Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas with the A330s freed up from the AKL route.
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The tempo of community adjustments is choosing up since Alaska closed its merger with Hawaiian in 2024. In June, the airline ended 5 routes to Mexico in favor of added capability between the mainland U.S. and Hawaii. And, in 2025, it ended Hawaiian’s flights to Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS), Fukuoka Airport (FUK) in Japan, and Incheon Airport (ICN) close to Seoul from HNL.
On the identical time, Alaska debuted new intercontinental flights from its Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport (SEA) base. Nonstops to Tokyo’s Narita Airport (NRT) and ICN started in 2025. This summer season the service is including service to London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR), Keflavik Worldwide Airport (KEF) in Iceland and Fiumicino Airport (FCO) close to Rome.
The purpose, as Alaska CEO Ben Minicucci places it, is to construct the airline into a world service.
“We’re creating the fourth international airline in our nation to compete towards the Huge 3,” he stated in January referring to American Airways, Delta Air Traces and United Airways.
Previous to the most recent adjustments, seats on Alaska and Hawaiian from HNL have been down practically 1% this yr in comparison with 2025, Cirium schedules present. Seats from SEA have been up practically 2%.
Alaska Atmos loyalty members can nonetheless entry New Zealand on one of many service’s Oneworld alliance companions. For instance, American serves AKL from Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) and Qantas Airways from Sydney Airport (SYD).
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