Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Alaska Airlines i kahi ala hou honua e hoʻopili ana i ka Pākīpika Northwest me Iapana, e hōʻike ana i nā mokulele mai kāna kikowaena Seattle a hiki i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tokyo Narita, i hoʻokele ʻia e nā ʻauwaʻa holo lōʻihi o Hawaiian Airlines.
Hoʻomaka kēia lawelawe hou i nā huakaʻi hoʻokuʻu ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o kēia mau kūlanakauhale ikaika a hoʻolaha i kahi mokuna hou o ka huakaʻi holo honua ākea no Alaska. Ma ka launa pū ʻana me ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ke hoʻokumu nei ʻo Alaska Airlines iā Seattle ma ke ʻano he ʻīpuka alakaʻi honua o ke Komohana.
Ke kū nei ʻo Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) ma ke ʻano he kikowaena mokulele nui loa ma West Coast, e hāʻawi ana i 104 mau wahi hoʻomaha ʻole ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Eia kekahi, ʻo Seattle ka wahi pili kokoke loa ma waena o ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Tokyo, ʻo ia ka 7% kokoke aku ma Kapalakiko a me 13% kokoke i Los Angeles.
ʻO Tokyo Narita lāua ʻo Seoul Incheon e hōʻike ana i nā ala lōʻihi ʻelua mai Seattle ma waena o nā ʻumikūmālua Alaska Airlines e hoʻolālā nei e hoʻolauna. Ua koi nui ʻia no nā mokulele pololei i Tokyo, ʻoiai ʻo 50% o nā tiketi i kūʻai ʻia ma US no nā mokulele Narita mai 80 mau kūlanakauhale ma waho o Seattle.
Hoʻomaka ka lawelawe ma waena o Seattle-Tacoma International Airport a me Seoul Incheon e hoʻomaka i ka lā 12 Kepakemapa.
Aia ʻo Tokyo ma ke ʻano o ka mākeke intercontinental lua nui loa no ka huakaʻi ʻoihana a me nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa mai Seattle, ma hope o Lākana ma kahi mua a me Seoul ma ke kolu.
I ka makahiki 2024, ma kahi o 400 mau kaʻa lele i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Seattle a me Tokyo ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, me ka ʻole o nā mokulele pili, e hōʻike ana i ka kaulana o ke ala. Hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke komo i Tokyo Narita a me Seoul ma kahi kū hoʻokahi ma Seattle mai kā mākou pūnaewele nui.
E ulu ana ka lawelawe honua ʻo Alaska Airlines mai Seattle me nā ʻauwaʻa e hoʻonui ana i nā mokulele Boeing 787-9, e hoʻonui ana i ka hōʻailona ikaika ma Seattle a me ka Pacific Northwest.
ʻO ka ʻauwaʻa Airbus A330, i hoʻonoho ʻia ma Honolulu, ke hoʻomau nei ka lilo ʻana i mea waiwai o ka inoa ʻo Hawaiian Airlines ʻoiai ʻo Alaska Airlines e hoʻohiki nei e hoʻomaikaʻi i kēia mokulele no nā ala hele a mai Hawaii.