Tango-Bravo From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 3725 posts, RR: 31 Posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2254 times:
According to "Airlines of Asia Since 1920" (by R.E.G. Davies) Japan Air Lines started service to Seattle via the Great Circle route (later withdrawn) in April 1961. The only SEA service found in JAL's December 1961 timetable is 2x weekly cargo only flights via ANC operated by DC-7F equipment. Had pax service on TYO-SEA-TYO (presumably, like NW, via ANC both ways) already been discontinued by December 1961?
From 1961 and beyond, has JAL ever offered passenger service between Tokyo and Seattle? If so, when and what aircraft type(s) and routing(s) were flown?
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21483 posts, RR: 24 Reply 1, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 2224 times:
Quoting Tango-Bravo (Thread starter): From 1961 and beyond, has JAL ever offered passenger service between Tokyo and Seattle? If so, when and what aircraft type(s) and routing(s) were flown?
Yes JL operated SEA-NRT for a while in the late 1980s and/or early 1990s. I'm not sure about the precise period but if memory correct it didn't last very long. At the time of the following SEA newspaper item dated July 1991 (see paragraph 4) it was twice a week. I have a vague recollection that the NRT-SEA flights may have continued to another US point (obviously without domestic traffic rights) but I'm not sure about that. I think that service used the 747-200. http://community.seattletimes.nwsour...rchive/?date=19910709&slug=1293510
Quoting Tango-Bravo (Thread starter): . The only SEA service found in JAL's December 1961 timetable is 2x weekly cargo only flights via ANC operated by DC-7F equipment. Had pax service on TYO-SEA-TYO (presumably, like NW, via ANC both ways) already been discontinued by December 1961?
I can't recall any JL passenger service to SEA during that period. A few news items refer to JL obtaining rights to both LAX and SEA in 1959. Until then they were restricted to SFO and HNL.
28L28L From Australia, joined Nov 2005, 459 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 2224 times:
From memory I believe that JL flew NRT-SEA from about 1983 until about 1992. The NRT-SEA flight continued to ORD for a while and later on continued from SEA to ATL.
ha763 From United States of America, joined Jan 2003, 3492 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1962 times:
According to a JAL history book put out by JAL for their 20th anniversay, SEA started in June 27, 1959 via ANC with the DC-7C. It changed to the DC-8 in November 1, 1960. The route stopped in May 20, 1961.
At least this is what I could figure out with my limited kanji reading ability (the entire book is in Japanese).
After that, the next mention of SEA I found is in the online History of JAL website, showing that ORD was started on April 1, 1983 via SEA.
timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6468 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1757 times:
Two DC-8s a week in the 3/61 OAG (via ANC "when required").
DIA77 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 700 posts, RR: 7 Reply 5, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1727 times:
Quoting 28L28L (Reply 2): From memory I believe that JL flew NRT-SEA from about 1983 until about 1992. The NRT-SEA flight continued to ORD for a while and later on continued from SEA to ATL.
This is correct - although, I think the flight lasted longer than 1992. I have a JAL routemap from 1991 that shows the SEA-ATL route.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21483 posts, RR: 24 Reply 6, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1698 times:
Quoting DIA77 (Reply 5): Quoting 28L28L (Reply 2):
From memory I believe that JL flew NRT-SEA from about 1983 until about 1992. The NRT-SEA flight continued to ORD for a while and later on continued from SEA to ATL.
This is correct - although, I think the flight lasted longer than 1992. I have a JAL routemap from 1991 that shows the SEA-ATL route.
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JAL began nonstop NRT-ATL service (3 x week) in October 1992. That was probably when they dropped SEA. Summary of JAL's network below from the February 1993 OAG. http://airlineroute.net/2010/06/14/jl-w92/
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