Alaska Airlines to make Europe for the first time with Roma flights next year

Alaska Airlines She plans to start its first flights to Europe next year with a non -stop service to Rome from Seattle.

The new path of the new transport company in Seattle is enabled through acquisition Hawaiian Airlines-its fleet of long aircraft-last year.

Alaska said on Tuesday that flights will start this in May and will go for sale next fall. The four service will be used a week Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Jets, which is in the company’s joint fleet after the merger.

Alaska plans to add a set of long -term international destinations until the end of the decade of Seattle.

“We are serious about building a global gate outside Seattle, and we will present the main demand markets,” said Andrew Harrison, Alaska’s chief official in Alaska.

Alaska leaders said they want it Global expansionAnd he added on Tuesday that many members of the Miles Plan program for the airline asked the SEATLE HUB service.

Italy remained a famous destination, which prompted much larger competitors like Delta and united To intensify the service there, including with non -Stop nunstops to Sicily and smaller cities on the mainland.

Alaska launched a service for Narita International Airport in Tokyo last month and plans to start service to Seoul in September. Harrison said that Tokyo’s flights are running by about 80 %, he added that he expected flights to Asian capitals to revenue goods.

To operate the roads, the airline needs the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration to obtain the joint fleet of Hawaii on one operating certificate, which Alaska expects in the fourth quarter.