Next spring, travelers based on the West Coast will have a multitude of new domestic flight options, as Alaska Airlines is planning a significant expansion to its route network in California,  Oregon, and Hawaii. 

The carrier is adding 13 new nonstop routes for spring 2026, with several new flights from its key cities in Portland and San Diego and a new route to Hawaii.

“San Diego continues to be one of our fastest-growing hubs while Portland and Hawai‘i are essential parts of our global network,” said Kirsten Amrine, vice president of revenue management and network planning for Alaska Airlines. “Our investment in these markets is designed to meet the strong demand we’re seeing from the recent launch of Atmos Rewards.”

The carrier plans to add five new nonstop routes from San Diego to Dallas-Fort Worth, Oakland, Raleigh-Durham, Santa Barbara, and Tulsa. In addition to the new routes, Alaska will also increase the number of flights from San Diego to Santa Rosa-Sonoma to three times per day, the most of any airline that serves the route. In total it will increase its total number of flights in San Diego by 35% in spring 2026 compared to spring 2025.

In May 2026, Alaska will add four new routes from Portland, Oregon (PDX), to Baltimore, Idaho Falls, Philadelphia, and St. Louis. With those additions, the carrier will serve 62 destinations nonstop from PDX. What’s more: the airline will increase flight frequencies at the airport, including making its route from Portland to Kauai, Hawaii, available year-round, adding a second daily frequency to Newark, and increasing its service to Santa Rosa-Sonoma to three flights per day.

In Hawaii, the airline is adding the first seasonal flight between Honolulu and Burbank, California, in 20 years. Alaska will also increase frequencies to the Hawaiian islands from two of its California hubs. “Los Angeles-Kahului (Maui) goes to two daily nonstops with an additional seasonal flight, and San Francisco-Kona (Hawai‘i Island) and San Francisco-Līhu‘e (Kaua‘i) will increase in June to daily nonstops, joining flights that already operate several times a week,” the airline said. 

By early summer 2026, Alaska will operate daily nonstop flights to all four Hawaiian islands from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, San Diego, and Seattle.

Two of the destinations from the yet-to-launch routes are brand new for the airline: Tulsa, Oklahoma (TUL), and Arcata-Eureka, California (ACV), located on the state’s Redwood Coast. Alaska will operate daily flights to Tulsa from both San Diego (SAN) and Seattle (SEA), as well as daily flights to Arcata-Eureka from Seattle.

With the two new points on its route map, Alaska Airlines is set to serve a total of 142 destinations in 2026, which is the most ever in its history.

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“We are deeply grateful for our agronomy team and the work they have done to bring the course back,” Kapalua Golf general manager Alex Nakajima said in a news release. 

“As a key contributor to the Maui economy, reopening the Plantation Course means a lot for our community and the 300+ employees who work at the course and restaurants. We look forward to welcoming guests back to Kapalua Golf’s Plantation Course beginning on Nov. 10,” he said.

Reservations for November tee times are now open, and there is a reopening promotional rate of $399. Tee times for December will be available 14 days in advance of the booking date.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — US President Donald Trump shared a light-hearted moment with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim this morning, dancing on the red carpet to the tune of Hawaii Five-O as a welcoming band played at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Trump performed his signature campaign-style dance — a slow, rhythmic movement involving air punches and hip sways — in response to the performers.

Anwar, smiling, joined in by swaying his hips in sync with the gesture, drawing cheers from onlookers.

The two leaders then shared a brief exchange before Trump invited Anwar to step inside “The Beast,” the presidential limousine, for a private moment ahead of the summit.

The moment unfolded shortly after Air Force One landed at Kompleks Bunga Raya at KLIA at approximately 9.54am.

Trump was greeted by Anwar along with senior government officials and Cabinet members upon arrival, and was accorded a guard of honour by personnel from the 1st Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment.

Also present was US ambassador to Malaysia Edgard D. Kagan.

Today’s visit marks Trump’s first visit to the South-east Asian region since taking office as the 47th President of the US in January 2025.

Trump is the third US president in history to visit Malaysia after Lyndon B Johnson in 1966 and Barack Obama in 2014 and 2015.

Wisma Putra previously said both leaders are expected to exchange views on regional and international developments of mutual concern as well as signing bilateral documents related to trade and security.

The 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits, held under Malaysia’s Asean Chairmanship 2025 theme “Inclusivity and Sustainability”, will take place from today until October 28 and are expected to be among the largest gatherings in the regional organisation’s history.