Alaska Airlines pulled out of three airports in 2025 — Dallas Love Field, Nassau in the Bahamas, and Monterrey in Mexico — making it a rare big US carrier that trimmed its network while most rivals were expanding. The cuts say a lot about where the Seattle-based airline is heading after swallowing Hawaiian Airlines.
First to go was Dallas Love, a route constellation Alaska inherited from Virgin America back in 2017. Service ended in May 2025, with flights from nine cities — including Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland and San Diego — disappearing from the schedule.
Next came Nassau, arguably the most surprising exit. Alaska launched both a Seattle and a Los Angeles route to the Bahamian capital in December 2023, and the Seattle service was a record-setter: it was that airport's first-ever Caribbean link and the airline's longest nonstop flight that year, at 2,508 nautical miles — 13 miles longer than the usual champion, Anchorage to Kona. It just didn't sell. Government data shows a 59.8% load factor from Seattle and 67.2% from Los Angeles, too thin to justify Boeing 737 MAX 9s on transcontinental Caribbean runs. Both routes were gone by August 2025.
Monterrey was the third cut, ending in October 2025. Alaska had only served the northern Mexican industrial hub since February 2025, flying 76-seat Embraer E175s from Los Angeles four times a week. The LA–Monterrey market carried around 126,000 round-trip passengers last year, but competition had driven fares to some of the lowest in the US–Mexico market, and Alaska's flights averaged just 66.2% full. With regional jets expensive to run per seat, the maths never worked.
Meanwhile, the airline itself is growing fast. Thanks to the Hawaiian Airlines acquisition, its US domestic market share has jumped from 5% to 7.1%, and it now averages over 1,500 daily flights. Seattle remains its biggest hub with 605 daily movements, though it now accounts for only 40% of the network, down from 51% two years ago. San Diego is booming — it's currently the world's fastest-growing major airport for flights — and Honolulu has climbed to fourth place in the network.
For travellers, the practical takeaway: if you were counting on Alaska Airlines for Nassau holidays or LA–Monterrey trips, those nonstops no longer exist, so look at other carriers or connect elsewhere. Dallas Love flyers should check schedules at Dallas–Fort Worth instead. And if you like the airline itself, the network's centre of gravity is shifting toward Seattle, San Diego, Portland and Hawaii rather than the Caribbean or Texas.
