Delta Air Lines Inc. has added a nonstop route from Seattle to Seoul. The flight marks Delta's fourth nonstop international route added from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in a year, including London-Heathrow, Shanghai-Pudong and Tokyo-Haneda.
The Seoul flight will operate using a 210-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft with 35 full-flat bed seats in BusinessElite, 32 seats in Economy Comfort and 143 Economy class seats, the Atlanta-based carrier said in a press release. Delta is the only carrier to offer full flat-bed seats with direct aisle access in Business Elite on every long-haul international flight from Seattle along with Economy Comfort seating and entertainment on demand in every seat throughout the aircraft, the company said.
"Delta's Seoul service is another key addition in our rapidly expanding international portfolio for corporate and leisure customers," said Mike Medeiros, Delta's vice president – Seattle. "The Seattle market is geographically positioned to optimally connect traffic to all of our Asia destinations, which are the leading commercial centers in the region."
Delta said in August it wanted to add the route. Such routes require government approval.
Delta last week announced service from Seattle to several popular ski and beach destinations for this fall and on June 16 will celebrate a new international flight with nonstop service to Hong Kong.
In addition to the recently added international service, Delta also currently operates nonstop flights from Seattle to Amsterdam, Beijing, Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Tokyo-Narita. By this summer, Delta will offer more international service from Seattle than all other carriers combined with more than 2,500 daily long-haul international seats as part of the market's 86 peak-day departures to 26 destinations, the company said.
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