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Alaska Airlines launches new era of widebody international flying in Seattle with daily nonstop service to Tokyo Narita operated by Hawaiian Airlines
Alaska Airlines celebrates a new global connection between the Pacific Northwest and Japan with an inaugural flight today between our hometown hub in Seattle and Tokyo Narita, operated by Hawaiian Airlines' long-haul aircraft. The new service marks the start of daily nonstops between the two dynamic cities and the beginning of a new era of widebody international flying for Alaska.
About this update from Alaska Air Group, Inc.
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