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ANA to launch Narita-Seattle route from July 25

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ANA will launch its Narita–Seattle service earlier than planned with a start date of July 25. ANA said last December that it aimed to begin services from Narita airport to Seattle in the second half of its fiscal year 2012 (October 2012-March 2013).

However, ANA has decided to launch the route ahead of schedule in order to capture passenger demand over the busy summer season.

The route will be flown daily, initially using the Boeing 777-300ER, with services switching to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner during the course of the fiscal year. This will make it the first ANA service to the U.S. to use the Dreamliner. Because of its greatly improved fuel efficiency and range, the Dreamliner is able to operate on longer routes where the market is not big enough to justify the use of jumbo-sized aircraft.

ANA said that launching the route ahead of schedule will further strengthen its business model as a network carrier and is in line with the group’s goal of accelerating its international expansion.

ANA currently operates eight U.S. daily routes, and Seattle will become the ninth. The airline also plans to launch services from Narita to the west coast city of San Jose later this year.

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This is great news. The Pacific Northwest is vastly underserved, especially since the 747s were replaced by smaller craft.

Airfares to Vancouver are usually the highest for North America, and it's the closest destination to Japan! I'm tired of being told "sold out" over and over again.

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Onniyama: What a wank comment.

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Good news, ANA is a great airline.

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Agreed, any additionaly transpacific route flown by an Asian carrier is a plus. Should blow the US carriers away...

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