Delta launched a new domestic service between Seattle and Lewiston in Idaho on Sunday 8 October. The 420-kilometre route will be maintained daily with the 76-seat E175 aircraft. Delta faces no competition between the two cities. It marks the resumption of flights on the route after just over five years. Flight DL3758 departs Seattle at […]
October 12, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Air Tahiti Nui (IATA code TN) has operated its first service between Papeete and Seattle. The first flight departed Tahiti on Tuesday 4 October, while the first departure from Seattle was on Wednesday 5 October. The service will operate 2-weekly using the airline’s 787-9s, of which it currently has four according to planespotters.net. The 7,700-kilometre […]
October 10, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Alaska Airlines resumed service to Miami on Thursday 16 June after a gap of almost 10 years. The return of services from Seattle also marked the airline’s 100th non-stop destination from Seattle. The oneworld carrier will utilise its 737-800s and -900s to serve passengers. Competition on the 4,384-kilometre route comes from fellow oneworld alliance member, […]
June 22, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Reflecting on the window of time that bookends the U.S. onset of Covid-19, Lance Lyttle fully embraces the irony that Seattle-Tacoma International Airport now hosts more international services, destinations and airlines in 2022 than the Pacific Northwest gateway did pre-pandemic in 2019. “It has been simply amazing,” the Port of Seattle Managing Director proclaimed, noting […]
June 21, 2022 | Air Service Community News, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Uncategorized
With its origins dating back to the early 1930s, Alaska Airlines (IATA code AS) is now the fifth biggest carrier in the US behind American, Delta, United and Southwest (based on departing seats from US airports) and bigger than JetBlue and Spirit. It accounts for around 5% of all seats departing from US airports in […]
June 20, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, North America
Air Canada chose Tuesday 31 May as the launch date for its new international service from Montreal to Seattle. Flights on the 3,680-kilometre route will operate daily using the Canadian carrier’s 137-seat A220-300s. Flight AC515 departs Canada’s second-largest city at 19:55 local time arriving in Seattle at 22:57 local time the same day, after a […]
June 9, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Turkish Airlines has launched a new service to the US with the introduction on Friday 27 May of 4-weekly service between Istanbul IST and Seattle in the state of Washington. The 9,770-kilometre route will be flown using the Star Alliance member’s 300-seat 787-9s. Flights depart Istanbul every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 14:05 local […]
June 7, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America
Alaska Airlines on Friday 19 November launched its first ever flights to Belize (located between Mexico and the Caribbean), not from one, but two airports. There are now 2-weekly seasonal flights (Fridays and Saturdays until late May) on the 4,540-kilometre route from Seattle and 4-weekly year-round flights (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays) on the 3,500-kilometre […]
November 22, 2021 | Latest Route News +