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Japan Airlines and American Airlines Announce Nonstop Service to Seattle, Strengthening Pacific Join

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27-Sep-2018 Japan Airlines and American Airlines Announce Nonstop Service to Seattle, Strengthening Pacific Joint Business International Network

Japan Airlines (JAL), together with its Pacific Joint Business partner American Airlines, today announced that the carrier will expand its trans-Pacific network with service between Narita International Airport (NRT) in Tokyo and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), starting March 31, 2019*. This will be JAL's sixth West Coast route operating between Japan and North America.

The top 20 U.S. cities with the highest travel demand from Japan account for 84 percent of the market and Seattle is the fifth largest destination after Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Las Vegas. By launching this route, Japan Airlines will respond to the travel demand in Seattle, where business and leisure travelers will have new options to fly to Japan and to connecting cities in Asia. JAL has established an optimal departure and arrival time to and from NRT, allowing customers to seamlessly connect throughout the carrier's international network.

"We are pleased to announce the introduction of the Seattle-Narita route, which will go into service in March 2019. Along with our joint business partner, American Airlines, we look forward to welcoming more visitors to Asia for business or pleasure who will experience Japanese hospitality from the moment they step onboard the aircraft," said Tadashi Fujita, Executive Vice President of Japan Airlines.

"This new route will strengthen American and JAL's joint business across the Pacific and meet the growing demand in the Seattle-Tokyo market," said American Airlines President Robert Isom. "Our customers in Seattle will soon have nonstop service to one of the world's most important business and leisure destinations, as well as convenient connections to many other cities in Asia."

Currently, JAL codeshares with Alaska Airlines to 16 unique destinations on 25 U.S. West Coast routes. In conjunction with the new Tokyo-Narita to Seattle service, JAL will gain codeshare access to over 40 new cities on flights operated by Alaska. Through this expanded agreement, customers will be able to seamlessly connect in Seattle when traveling to and from Asia.

* The following flight schedule is subject to government approval.

26-Sep-2018 JAL、成田=シアトル線を開設

~日本からだけでなく、アジアからの乗り継ぎ利便性が向上し、需要にも応えます~

JALは、2019年3月31日より、成田=シアトル線を開設することを決定しました。これにより、JALの 北米西海岸路線は6路線目となります。日本と米国主要都市間の需要は上位20都市で全体の84%を占めており、シアトルは ロサンゼルス、ニューヨーク、サンフランシスコ、ラスベガスに次いで5番目に需要が大きな都市です。今回の路線開設により、JALは共同事業パートナーであるアメリカン航空とともに、多くの企業が拠点を構えるシアトルと、日本のみならずアジア各都市との需要に積極的に対応します。そのため、日本発着、成田経由アジア各都市発着、いずれのお客さまにもご利用いただきやすい成田夕刻発着のダイヤ設定とします。

また、アラスカ航空とのコードシェア路線を拡大し、北米北西部を中心としたシアトル以遠の各都市への乗り継ぎ利便性を高めます(*1)。日本から一番近い米国本土への国際線として、日本・アジアと北米を繋ぐ架け橋となるべくチャレンジしてまいります。

  • 航空券の予約・販売開始は、11月5日(月) 14:00を予定しています。
  • 大変ご好評いただいている「JAL SKY SUITE」機材の787-8を投入します。
  • 成田=バンクーバー線、成田=サンディエゴ線についても「JAL SKY SUITE」機材の投入を順次予定して
    おり、2019年度中にはJAL長距離国際線におけるビジネスクラスのフルフラット化が全路線完了する見込みです。

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This press release was sourced from Japan Airlines on 26-Sep-2018.