Charlotte Douglas is getting a new airline — and a second carrier on one of its longest domestic routes.
Alaska Airlines has announced that it will begin daily, year-round nonstop service between Seattle and Charlotte on June 10, 2027. Alaska becomes the 13th carrier at Charlotte Douglas, the Charlotte Business Journal reports, and the second airline flying Seattle–Charlotte nonstop. American Airlines is the only carrier on the route today, with about three flights a day.
The schedule, as Alaska published it: the Seattle departure leaves at 8:30 a.m. and lands in Charlotte at 4:51 p.m. The return leaves Charlotte at 5:54 p.m. and arrives in Seattle at 8:47 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at alaskaair.com.
For Charlotte travelers, it is a new direct link to the Pacific Northwest — and a second option on a route American has had to itself. Seattle is Alaska’s hometown hub, and the airline calls Charlotte “one of the Southeast’s fastest-growing cities and a major oneworld hub.” Alaska is a oneworld member, like American, and its Atmos Rewards members can earn and redeem points across the alliance’s network.
The Charlotte flight is the headline piece of Alaska’s biggest summer-2027 launch yet out of Seattle. The airline is also adding daily year-round nonstops to Norfolk on June 10 and to Jacksonville and Des Moines on June 24, plus seasonal service to Guadalajara, Mexico, from March 18 through Aug. 9, 2027. The additions take Alaska’s Seattle network to 119 nonstop destinations.
The new service comes days after Charlotte City Council approved the airport’s 10.5-year airline lease, which locks in the five signatory airlines and launches the $2.1 billion CLT Beyond capital program. Alaska’s arrival is an early sign of what that growth is supposed to bring: more carriers, more nonstops, more choice at the gate.