This airline plans to abandon planned service to Mexico this year

Alaska Airlines is abandoning some seasonal flights to Mexico, including several nonstop round trips between Harry Reid International Airport and San Jose del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta.

“In our effort to constantly assess and match our network to where our guests want to fly, we have decided to adjust capacity on a handful of seasonal California routes,” the company said in an emailed statement.

“To support increased demand to Hawaii during holiday periods, we are adding flights across California cities to four Hawaiian Islands: Oahu (Honolulu International Airport), Maui, Hawaii (Kona) and Kauai (Lihue),” the statement continued. “To enable this investment, we have exited some underperforming seasonal routes to Mexican destinations. We will not return winter service from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Cancun, San Francisco to Loreto, and Las Vegas to Puerto Vallarta and San Jose del Cabo. We will continue to serve nine Mexican destinations through our hubs including Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.”

The Seattle-based commercial air carrier is the sixth busiest operator at Reid.

Alaska initially planned seasonal flights in late 2026 and spring 2027 and was planning to fly the routes on twin-engine Embraer 175 regional jets operated by SkyWest Airlines under the Alaska brand.

Alaska also is cancelling service to Mexico from Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International Airport.

The four routes would have added 16 weekly departures, extending Alaska’s seasonal leisure footprint across multiple West Coast gateways.

Alaska had planned daily service between Las Vegas and Mexican resort city Puerto Vallarta and several times a week to and from San Jose del Cabo.

Competitors will continue to serve those routes with Southwest Airlines offering twice weekly service to Puerto Vallarta and Southwest and Frontier Airlines flying routes to San Jose del Cabo.

Alaska also was offering connecting service to Mexico City, which will continue to be served directly from Las Vegas on Volaris, VivaAerobus and AeroMexico.