Alaska Airlines provides nonstop London route from Seattle forward of summer time journey season

SEATAC, Wash. — Alaska Airlines launched each day nonstop service between Seattle and London Heathrow on Thursday, marking one other step within the Seattle-based airline’s worldwide enlargement.

The inaugural flight departed Seattle-Tacoma International Airport following a gate celebration, formally opening the airline’s latest transatlantic route.

The year-round service to London Heathrow is Alaska’s second European vacation spot added this 12 months, and comes simply forward of the busy summer time journey season.

Last month, the airline launched its first-ever transatlantic service to Rome. On May 28, Alaska plans to start nonstop flights to Reykjavík, Iceland.

The new London route will function out of Heathrow’s Terminal 3, giving vacationers based mostly within the US entry to one in every of Europe’s busiest hubs.

The route makes use of Alaska’s widebody 787-9 plane, that includes 34 enclosed suites with absolutely lie-flat seats in Business Class. The service is predicted to cater to each company and leisure vacationers.

London is the biggest intercontinental market from Seattle, with greater than 400 passengers touring between the 2 cities each day.

The service additionally creates new journey choices for passengers from the United Kingdom trying to go to the Pacific Northwest, or join by way of Seattle to locations throughout Alaska Airlines’ West Coast community, together with Hawaii.