SEA-ICN

Hawaiian Airlines, which has merged with Alaska Airlines, added a new transcontinental service by introducing operations from Seattle to Seoul ICN. The 8,395-kilometre service will be maintained 5-weekly, every day except Mondays and Tuesdays, with the 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. It faces strong competition, with Delta and Korean Air operating daily flights and Asiana’s 5-weekly. Flight […]

September 22, 2025 | Latest Route News +

SEA-NRT

Hawaiian Airlines introduced a new transpacific service on Monday 12 May by inaugurating operations between Seattleand Tokyo NRT. The 7,675-kilometre service will be maintained daily with the A330-200 aircraft. As a member of the Alaska Airlines Group, Hawaiian Airlines will complement JAL’s daily rotation between the two cities. Flight HA823 departs Seattle at 13:40 local […]

May 19, 2025 | Latest Route News +

Philippine AIrlines

The Seattle metro area has the 15th-largest population in the USA. Seattle-Tacoma is the main airport serving it. According to its own statistics, it welcomed 52.6 million passengers in 2024, its highest volume to date. It was its third year with over 50 million passengers, surpassing its previous record in 2019 by less than 2%. […]

Alaskan and Hawaiin Air

The Alaska Air Group plans to acquire Hawaiian Airlines. In an overall sense, the pair’s networks do not overlap much but it is a different story between Hawaii and the US mainland. The deal would, of course, enable the Alaska Air Group to significantly increase its presence to, from and within Hawaii, rather than materially […]

Earlier this month, on 3 December, Australian flag-carrier Qantas began 3-weekly service on the 14,440-kilometre route between Melbourne and Dallas/Fort Worth. This brought to 17 the number of non-stop airline services between the US and Australia. Back at the end of October, United had introduced 3-weekly service between San Francisco and Brisbane. Between 2004 and […]