Alaska Airlines Adding Flights to Two Major International Destinations

Alaska Airlines is increasing its worldwide service, the company announced on Tuesday.

Starting next May, Alaska will fly daily, non-stop from Seattle to London’s Heathrow Airport. It will also start servicing flights between Seattle and Reykjavik, Iceland as a spring and summer season seasonal service.

Tickets for the new locations will go on sale in the autumn, and Alaska Airlines is offering an early access listing right here.

In an interview with the Seattle Times, Alaska Airlines CEO Andrew Harrison called the new London route “the crown jewel of our long-haul community to Europe” and also noted strong demand from customers for a Seattle-Reykjavik line.

“This is at the heart of Alaska, to expand beyond our brand, beyond just the West Coast, beyond the national footprint to a global airline and premium airline,” Harrison said.

Alaska Airlines acquired Hawaiian Airlines last 12 months and shortly thereafter, started saying its expanded worldwide journey plans, which included a new route to Tokyo, which launched in May.

Service from Seattle to Seoul, South Korea will start in September, adopted by Rome in May 2026, the same month that London and Reykjavik grow to be official locations.

Passengers can fly from Seattle to Reykjavik in Alaska’s narrow-body Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane, while the journeys to London will probably be taken on the airline’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.

In addition to the 2 new worldwide journey hubs, Alaska Airlines also announced a makeover for its Dreamliners fleet on Tuesday. According to The Points Guy, the new “shimmering blue-and-green paint scheme”  is supposed to conjure photographs of “the aurora borealis, or northern lights, frequently visible in the airline’s namesake state.”

“We needed something that felt modern, global and premium,” Alaska Vice President of Brand and Marketing Eric Edge said. “This is the most premium, flagship expression of our brand.”

Alaska Airlines Adding Flights to Two Major International Destinations first appeared on Men’s Journal on Aug 5, 2025