Alaska Airlines will soon fly nonstop flights from Seattle to Paris and Athens, the carrier announced Thursday.
Alaska Airlines will soon fly nonstop flights from Seattle to Paris and Athens, the carrier announced Thursday.
The new international routes will launch in the spring of 2027 and will use Alaska's Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets.
The routes join the Seattle-based airline's other international destinations of Reykjavik, London, Rome, Seoul and Tokyo. Alaska said it plans to launch "at least five additional intercontinental routes" by 2030.
The airline will service Athens International Airport three times a week, starting on May 12, 2027.
FILE - The ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill of Athens, on Monday, May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)Alaska said the route will become the longest the carrier has ever flown, along with the only direct flight from the west coast of the U.S. to Athens.
The airline's route to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport will leave five times a week beginning May 25, 2027.
Tickets are now available, and Alaska said it will offer special round-trip fares of $999 until Aug. 26 to kick off the new routes.
File - In this April 1, 2016 file photo, the French flag above the skyline of the French capital with the Eiffel Tower, The Invalides Dome and roof tops are seen from the colonnade of the Pantheon Dome in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)The flights will run through October 2027. Alaska has not announced its winter plans for the routes.
