Portland International Airport (PDX) News

[Tanaka07]

Alaska Airlines adds Nonstop Portland-Pasco, WA., Bellingham, WA., Seattle Paine Field and Jackson Hole Wyoming flights


https://x.com/IshrionA/status/2001464369956426109

Already available for booking at alaskaair.com

• Portland (PDX) to Bellingham (BLI) begins March 18- 1x daily
• Portland (PDX) to Pasco (PSC) begins June 10- 2x daily
• Portland (PDX) to Everett (PAE) begins June 10- 1x daily
• Portland (PDX) to Jackson Hole (JAC) begins June 10- 2x/week; seasonal

[subterranean]

Not PDX, but may be of interest to other U.S. Italian dual citizens in the Portland region:

Alaska announces daily nonstop service from Seattle to Rome, their first in Europe.

[downtownpdx]

Originally Posted by Tanaka07

Alaska Airlines adds Nonstop Portland-Pasco, WA., Bellingham, WA., Seattle Paine Field and Jackson Hole Wyoming flights


https://x.com/IshrionA/status/2001464369956426109

Already available for booking at alaskaair.com

• Portland (PDX) to Bellingham (BLI) begins March 18- 1x daily
• Portland (PDX) to Pasco (PSC) begins June 10- 2x daily
• Portland (PDX) to Everett (PAE) begins June 10- 1x daily
• Portland (PDX) to Jackson Hole (JAC) begins June 10- 2x/week; seasonal

Nice to see so many more nonstops, looks like the new hub schedule is working well. About 4 more gates will be back in operation by this time (March or so), and the long detours will be gone, so the airport will have better capacity to handle the rush hours. Didn’t PDX have an Everett flight for a while right after they opened Paine Field?

[PhillyPDX]

Come on Alaska, bring some of these heavies to PDX for transcontinental routes!

https://news.alaskaair.com/company/alask...largest-fleet-order-in-airlines-history/

[maccoinnich]

The presentation for the PDX 2045 Interagency Advisory Committee Meeting #4 includes an idea I hadn't seen before: a temporary International Arrivals Facility to serve 1,000 peak hour passengers, located north of the central terminal, between concourses D and E.

[dizflip]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

The presentation for the PDX 2045 Interagency Advisory Committee Meeting #4 includes an idea I hadn't seen before: a temporary International Arrivals Facility to serve 1,000 peak hour passengers, located north of the central terminal, between concourses D and E.

Hmmm.. why not a permanent IAF there?

[babs]

Originally Posted by dizflip

Hmmm.. why not a permanent IAF there?

It takes up valuable aircraft gate space.

[PhillyPDX]

Interesting. Maybe there should be stipulations attached, like bringing in a transcontinental route to PDX.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026...-150-million-alaska-airlines-hangar.html

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by PhillyPDX

Interesting. Maybe there should be stipulations attached, like bringing in a transcontinental route to PDX.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026...-150-million-alaska-airlines-hangar.html

This went to the Arts and Economy Committee this morning, where it received a 5-0 vote to move to full council. Video here and presentation here. It was noted by the Alaska Airlines representative that the new hangar will be able to accommodate three narrow body airplanes or two wide body airplanes, and will be the only West Coast Alaska Airlines facility capable to housing their A330 and B787 aircraft.

[downtownpdx]

This will be a great project with some nice high paying jobs attached. Not sure the tax breaks are necessary, was Alaska proposing this already before the incentives were offered? It’s worth it, I believe, but tough to swallow with current local budget deficits. I suppose long term (after5 years apparently) it’ll likely pay for itself and then some.

[maccoinnich]

PDX 2045 PAC Meeting 11 Agenda, which includes 40 minutes of discussion regarding a New International Arrivals Facility Alternative.

[downtownpdx]

An up-to-date version of upcoming changes to PDX as the airport wraps up its renovation over the next several months. The south side detour between the B/C gates goes away this week.

Looks like lots more artwork. Also, Sheridan Fruit Co. and Topaz Farms will have outlets next to the two new exit lanes, which will be cool for arriving visitors (and locals) to be able to grab fresh produce on their way to the hotel, etc.

https://www.flypdx.com/pdxpeople/Stories/whats-new-with-pdx-update-new
Screen Shot 2026-01-18 at 9.45.01 AM by Ryan Miller, on Flickr

[RedGlovesRule99]

Originally Posted by downtownpdx

Looks like lots more artwork. Also, Sheridan Fruit Co. and Topaz Farms will have outlets next to the two new exit lanes, which will be cool for arriving visitors (and locals) to be able to grab fresh produce on their way to the hotel, etc.

I'm shocked Sheridan is in any shape to be opening a new location at the airport given the rumors of their imminent demise. Great to see though. I love the idea of welcoming out-of-towners with a taste of some of the natural bounty we have here.

[downtownpdx]

I also was just reading about Sheridan possibly closing. I wonder if having a steady stream of customers at the airport will help improve their finances, and they can keep their SE Portland store.

[maccoinnich]

Alaska Airlines on growing connecting traffic at PDX, from their Q4 2025 earnings call https://seekingalpha.com/article/4862322-alaska-air-group-inc-alk-q4-2025-earnings-call-transcript

Brandon Oglenski
Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division

I appreciate that, Andrew. And maybe as a follow-up, too, I know you guys were focused on maybe moving more domestic flow through Portland and restructuring Seattle for more international connectivity. How is that progressing?

Andrew Harrison
Executive VP & Chief Commercial Officer of Alaska Airlines Inc

Yes. Thanks, Brandon. We -- it's one of those exciting things you get to do when you look at your network and one of the wonderful things of having a Portland hub 130 miles down the street from Seattle is we're able to focus both hubs to collectively take our local and connecting traffic across our network.

We continue to see significant increases in flow of volumes through both those hubs through this. And of course, Seattle is very constrained, and we're also able to make room for those local passengers that we need to serve out of Seattle when we can put connections over to Portland. So I think there's going to be a lot of work -- further work to be done this year, but it's a real gift to be able to have both these hubs to do what we need to do with.

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

PDX 2045 PAC Meeting 11 Agenda, which includes 40 minutes of discussion regarding a New International Arrivals Facility Alternative.

I had hoped to listen to this whole meeting, but was only able to catch the very start. One tidbit I did hear is that after the whole construction project ends, the Port is interested in creating a gate pass system that would allow people who aren't flying to access the post-security areas.

[sopdx]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

I had hoped to listen to this whole meeting, but was only able to catch the very start. One tidbit I did hear is that after the whole construction project ends, the Port is interested in creating a gate pass system that would allow people who aren't flying to access the post-security areas.

I found the presentation from the meeting. It outlines preferred IAF alternatives.

https://pdx2045.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/26-1-22_PDX2045_PAC_11-final.pdf

[maccoinnich]

Originally Posted by sopdx

I found the presentation from the meeting. It outlines preferred IAF alternatives.

https://pdx2045.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/26-1-22_PDX2045_PAC_11-final.pdf

It definitely seems like the Port prefers the new Central Core alternative. From a passenger flow perspective it works well: passengers whose final destination is Portland could arrive at the existing international arrivals corridor, without needing a bus to get there; passengers connecting onto a flight would enter the terminal between Concourses D and E (near the future common use lounge).

That said, I really don't love that it would block views from the new terminal to the runway and the Columbia river. That was a big part of the design intent for the project that's only now nearing completion.

The Concourse E extension probably only makes sense if the Port expects to see a really big increase in the amount of international flights. It would effectively be a new terminal, with its own parking, check-in counters, security, etc.

[maccoinnich]

Decision notice for the land use review for the Alaska hangar at PDX.

[MarkDaMan]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Decision notice for the land use review for the Alaska hangar at PDX.

Any idea on why in the Decision Notice it has the Port of Portland listed at 6 Sylvan Way in Parsippany, NJ?