{"id":178559,"date":"2025-07-03T19:45:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/alaska-airlines-orders-more-boeing-787s-to-open-dreamliner-base-in-seattle-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T19:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:45:39","slug":"alaska-airlines-orders-more-boeing-787s-to-open-dreamliner-base-in-seattle-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/alaska-airlines-orders-more-boeing-787s-to-open-dreamliner-base-in-seattle-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Airlines orders more Boeing 787s, to open Dreamliner base in Seattle – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Alaska Airlines is moving ahead with plans to expand long-haul flying from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) with an order for five more Boeing 787 Dreamliners.<\/p>\n

The Seattle-based Oneworld alliance carrier has exercised purchase rights for five additional 787-9s from the Hawaiian Airlines orderbook, said Larry Payne, chair of the Hawaiian Airlines Master Executive Council at the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), on the Alaska Pilots Podcast<\/a> on Wednesday. That brings Alaska’s total firm commitments for the long-haul jet to 13 aircraft, plus four already in the fleet, based on its last fleet plan at the end of March.<\/p>\n

In addition, Alaska plans to open a Hawaiian 787 pilot base in Seattle in March 2026, and exercised options for 12 additional Boeing 737 MAX 10s, Payne said.<\/p>\n

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“I think overall this is the first phase in what we’re seeing with the company executing on their promise of growth as a result of the merger,” said Will McQuillen, chair of the Alaska Airlines Master Executive Council at ALPA, on the podcast with Payne.<\/p>\n

An Alaska spokesperson was did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

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The orders confirm what Alaska management has indicated since the airline closed its merger with Hawaiian<\/a> in September 2024: that Hawaiian’s 787 fleet would eventually connect Seattle to the world. The airline launched its first long-haul flight from Seattle<\/a> operated by Hawaiian \u2014 Alaska cannot operate Hawaiian’s planes itself until the airlines merge operations on a single certificate \u2014 to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (NRT) with an Airbus A330 in May.<\/p>\n

Flights from Seattle to Seoul’s Incheon International Airport (ICN) begin Sept. 12<\/a>, and to Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO) \u2014 Alaska and Hawaiian’s first European destination \u2014 in May 2026<\/a>. Hawaiian will operate Seoul with an A330 and Rome with a 787, the latter doubling as the launch of Alaska’s all-new flagship international experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alaska plans at least 12 long-haul intercontinental routes from Seattle by the end of the decade, executives have said.<\/p>\n

Delta, Alaska’s biggest competitor in Seattle, is not sitting idly by. Shortly after Alaska unveiled its Italian plans, the SkyTeam Alliance carrier announced its own nonstop<\/a> from the Emerald City to Rome beginning May 6, 2026, and to Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) later that month.<\/p>\n

Delta has the benefit of a large existing long-haul base in Seattle with flights to both Asia and Europe, whereas Alaska is a beloved hometown brand and larger overall in the Puget Sound region.<\/p>\n

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