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Alaska Airlines' 1st Europe Flight Launches This Month – Delta Is Already Fighting Back

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Alaska Airlines' 1st Europe Flight Launches This Month – Delta Is Already Fighting Back
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Alaska Airlines is preparing to cross a symbolic frontier. On April 28, 2026, the Seattle-based carrier will launch its first-ever nonstop flight to Europe, linking Seattle and Rome with a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner inherited through its merger with Hawaiian Airlines. What could have been a straightforward network expansion story is increasingly becoming something much bigger. This is now a premium transatlantic showdown in one of the West Coast's most strategically important long-haul markets. Str

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