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Alaska adds two new trans-Pacific routes from Seattle hub
October 21st 2026
Alaska Air Group is growing its international network from Seattle with new nonstop service to Osaka Kansai and Papeete in Tahiti next year. Read More » The Seattle-Kansai route is due to take off from May 14 with four flights a week, while Seattle-Papeete will start on June 11 with three weekly services Both routes will be served with A330-200 aircraft from the group’s Hawaiian Airlines fleet. Hawaiian currently flies to both Osaka and Papeete from Honolulu. Those services were continuing, Alaska said. "We are building an airline that connects the Pacific Northwest to more of the world and we know our guests will be excited to have convenient access to Osaka and Papeete from Seattle," Alaska group CEO, Ben Minicucci, said. "We’re just getting started, with more international destinations on the horizon as we grow as the leading global airline on the West Coast." There are no airlines flying nonstop from Seattle to Osaka and Papeete.
