Alaska Airlines

At SeaTac Airport, there is a series of display cases along an Alaska
Airlines terminal, outlining parts of the company's history. In one
case is a timetable that notes destinations of the airlines, including
Tokyo and Paris. Can anyone explain this little bit of history?

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(Todd) wrote:

At SeaTac Airport, there is a series of display cases along an Alaska
Airlines terminal, outlining parts of the company's history. In one
case is a timetable that notes destinations of the airlines, including
Tokyo and Paris. Can anyone explain this little bit of history?

Don't think AS ever flew there on a regularly-scheduled commercial
basis, at least not in the past 20-30 years. They did fly to NE Russia
for a short while prior or until 1997-98.

On 19 Apr 2004 05:45:12 -0700, (Todd) wrote:

At SeaTac Airport, there is a series of display cases along an Alaska
Airlines terminal, outlining parts of the company's history. In one
case is a timetable that notes destinations of the airlines, including
Tokyo and Paris. Can anyone explain this little bit of history?
Probably some kind of code sharing. AFAIK, they never flew there.

"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message
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They did fly to NE Russia
for a short while prior or until 1997-98.

Correct!

"Todd" wrote in message
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At SeaTac Airport, there is a series of display cases along an Alaska
Airlines terminal, outlining parts of the company's history. In one
case is a timetable that notes destinations of the airlines, including
Tokyo and Paris. Can anyone explain this little bit of history?

I know Alaska were expecting to be granted route authorities for
long haul International service in the late 60's by the C.A.B. as they
ordered a 747 from Boeing in 1968/69 specifically for the long haul
routes.
It's possible they may have been jumping the gun a tad by "advertising"
in a timetable, but the CAB denied their applications anyway.

In article ,
(Todd) wrote:

At SeaTac Airport, there is a series of display cases along an Alaska
Airlines terminal, outlining parts of the company's history. In one
case is a timetable that notes destinations of the airlines, including
Tokyo and Paris. Can anyone explain this little bit of history?

This is, by the way, a VERY interesting set of exhibits (3-4 boxes if
memory serves) if you have an hour to kill on Concourses C-D,
particularly the diplay of "Gay 90's" flight attendant gard used in the
60's-70's.

In one
case is a timetable that notes destinations of the airlines, including
Tokyo and Paris.

I think they ran charters to those destinations in the summertime during the
pre-Open Skies, pre-deregulation days.

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(ERIKG3) wrote:

In one
case is a timetable that notes destinations of the airlines, including
Tokyo and Paris.

I think they ran charters to those destinations in the summertime during the
pre-Open Skies, pre-deregulation days.

AS? Wuld they have had the a/c with sufficient range?