Alaska Adds New Flights from Seattle to Tokyo and Seoul
The merger of Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines has a new milestone, the launch of new long haul flights from Seattle. New nonstop service with Hawaiian Airlines widebody aircraft between Seattle and Tokyo Narita, Japan (NRT), and Seoul Incheon, South Korea (ICN) will begin in 2025.
Daily nonstop flights between Seattle and Tokyo Narita start on May 12, 2025, offering guests an enticing option when traveling between the Pacific Northwest and Japan on Hawaiian’s Airbus A330-200 aircraft. These flights, along with connections to other Asian destinations on oneworld Alliance partner Japan Airlines, can be purchased now at alaskaair.com and hawaiianairlines.com.
Nonstop service between Seattle and Seoul Incheon is scheduled to begin in October 2025, with fares available for purchase early next year, along with additional flight details.
The Seattle hub is the largest on the West Coast of any carrier, serving 104 nonstop destinations across North America. Including Tokyo Narita and Seoul Incheon, the company plans to serve at least 12 nonstop global destinations with long-haul widebody aircraft by 2030.
The company says that the new widebody service between Seattle and Tokyo Narita enables them to right-size the capacity between Hawaiʻi and Japan, a market that has experienced a weaker leisure travel demand in the wake of the pandemic.
There will still be more flying options between Honolulu and Tokyo Haneda – one of two international airports in Japan’s capital – by increasing Hawaiian’s service from 12 to 14 flights a week. Hawaiian will also continue to offer nonstop service between Honolulu and both Osaka and Fukuoka for a total of 24 weekly roundtrips between Hawaiʻi and Japan.
The two airlines will also launch a combined domestic network with strategic changes to where, when and what type of aircraft they fly. The adjustments begin to take effect in late March with their spring schedule and will continue to roll out through the second quarter.
Alaska and Hawaiian continue to work on obtaining a single operating certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a process that is expected to be completed by October 2025. Until then, each airline will operate separately.
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