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THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP BELONGS TO MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Alaska Airlines will launch its first nonstop service between Anchorage (ANC) and Tokyo Narita (NRT) next spring, creating a convenient new connection between Alaska and the Asia-Pacific region. The route will operate seasonally between Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and Narita International Airport.
Read more on the AAG News Hub:
news.alaskaair.com/destinati…
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Arapahoe Basin opens at 11:00 am. Will Keystone try and open earlier?! arapahoebasin.com/als-blog/o…
AS ANC —>NRT
Alaska is going to fly a 737 from Anchorage to Tokyo. It's one of the most surprising route moves I've seen in years.
The route just showed up on Alaska's website: Anchorage to Tokyo Narita, daily in summer, on a 737 MAX 8. Anchorage is offering about $500,000 in fee breaks to get it.
Anchorage used to be the stop on the way to Tokyo. During the Cold War, flights between Europe and Japan refueled there because they couldn't cross the Soviet Union. Northwest flew Anchorage-Tokyo in the 1990s too. Once Russia opened its airspace and planes could fly farther, nobody needed the stop.
So why now? In Tokyo you can connect to Japan Airlines, Alaska's partner, for the rest of Japan and Asia. And Anchorage doesn't have to fill the plane by itself. Alaska flew nonstop to Anchorage from 16 cities this summer, from Boston to Honolulu. I'd expect more of those, timed to connect to Tokyo.
On paper it's 3,425 miles. Alaska's longest MAX 8 flight today is Seattle to Reykjavik at 3,611. But the shortest path runs right past Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands, and U.S. airlines can't fly over Russia. Swing around that and you're past 3,750 miles. The diversion airports on the way are places like Cold Bay and Adak.
I also wanted to see what else a MAX 8 could reach from Anchorage. Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, and Nagoya are all closer than Seattle-Reykjavik. Osaka, Seoul, and Beijing only fit inside Boeing's 4,028-mile maximum, which is a best case. Shanghai and Taipei are out.
If Tokyo works, Sapporo is the next one. It's 420 miles closer.
ALT Map of Alaska Airlines' nonstops into Anchorage from 16 U.S. cities, the new Anchorage-Tokyo Narita 737 MAX 8 route, and dotted lines from Anchorage to other Asian airports, with two range lines: 3,611 miles (Alaska's longest MAX 8 flight, Seattle-Reykjavik) and 4,028 miles (Boeing's maximum). Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, and Nagoya fall inside the shorter line; Osaka, Seoul, Fukuoka, and Beijing only inside Boeing's maximum; Shanghai and Taipei are out of reach.
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The Seattle Pilots getting mentioned on the World Series broadcast is the closest Seattle may ever get to actually being mentioned in the World Series
Give me strength
#REPORT: Tonight Is Seattle’s Last 6PM Sunset Until March, Starting Tomorrow the Sun Sets Before 6 and Falls to 4:51PM When the Clocks Change This Weekend
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True message to the doubters. Teams will have ups and downs but great coaching and player excellence will come thru.
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What a showcase of this Seattle Seahawks team last night..
That was an ABSURD performance against the Kansas City Chiefs #PMSLive
