BoeingGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 2285 posts, RR: 7 Posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 4810 times:
Hi guys,
After starting the SJC thread, I thought it would be fun to do the same for SEA. Interesting that the list seems far shorter.
Here's what I can think of.
SVO - (SU)
HKG - (I don't recall this but others have mentioned it)
CPH - (SK)
BGO - (Done a few days a week with SK DC-8s instead of CPH)
CUN - (AS)
MEX - (AM)
YXS - (QX's short lived Prince George flight)
YKA - (QX did Kamloops in the winter season for a few years recently)
ADQ - (Kodiak, one of WA's last, if not the last, Electra route until about 1972)
OMA - (Eastern did this as part of ATL and STL flights from SEA)
RDD - (QX)
ACV - (QX)
CLM - (QX - Port Angeles)
MWH - (QX - Moses Lake)
TiW - (Hughes Airwest old milk-run - Tacoma Airport)
ITO - (NW)
N174UA From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 993 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4765 times:
Quoting BoeingGuy (Thread starter): HKG - (I don't recall this but others have mentioned it)
Correct - UA flew SEA-HKG with either a DC-10-30 or 747SP in the early-mid '80s. I remember seeing it parked at Gate N1 or N2 in June 1983.
wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5524 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4750 times:
Bangkok (via NRT) - TG
Helsinki - Finnair
MMH (via RNO) - QX
Friday Harbor - Harbor Air/San Juan Airlines
Eastsound - San Juan Airlines
Oak Harbor - San Juan Airlines
ContnlEliteCMH From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 1436 posts, RR: 50 Reply 3, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4734 times:
Was there ever direct service between SEA and CMH?
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BoeingGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 2285 posts, RR: 7 Reply 4, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4734 times:
I was speaking of non-stop so TG and MMH don't count. I do remember the one-season RNO-MMH tag-on. I guess you know have to go through LAX or SJC.
HEL does count though. Good one.
Quoting wedgetail737 (Reply 2): Friday Harbor - Harbor Air/San Juan Airlines
Eastsound - San Juan Airlines
Oak Harbor - San Juan Airlines
Ahhh, San Juan Airlines doesn't exist anymore? I remember they had the AS name and logo at the Friday Harbor airport. I'd like to have seen them try to get into Roche Harbor!
BoeingGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 2285 posts, RR: 7 Reply 5, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4725 times:
Quoting ContnlEliteCMH (Reply 3): Was there ever direct service between SEA and CMH?
I don't think so. Not that I'm aware of. That short lived airline, Sky-whatever, flew out of BLI to CMH.
BoeingGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 2285 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4718 times:
Oh I just remembered one more:
ICT - (TW tried this one year with an MD-80 thinking it would get Boeing traffic. It apparently bombed out.)
EddieDude From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 7170 posts, RR: 45 Reply 7, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4596 times:
Hopefully SEA-MEX will return some time soon. Now that AM and DL are relaunching their partnership, they could pool their resources and operate MEX-SEA-MEX using an AM 73W and schedules that appeal to business and leisure travelers. If this does not materialize, perhaps we might see KE doing ICN-SEA-MEX in the future... I believe they have already expressed interest.
dash8driver16 From United States of America, joined Dec 2011, 86 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4514 times:
I know there was an airline based out of TIW that for a while (i want to say around 98-00) operated in SEATAC B concourse. THey flew to A lot of the smaller destinations with caravans and a couple other types but I can't remember the name of the airline.
East sound, CLM, and FHR are now all served by Kenmore Air Express out of BFI with Caravans and Chieftains. I know in summer of 2007 there was service to Tofino from BFI and Also Helijet used to serve Vancouver and Victoria Heliports with S76's as well as flew to Campbell River in the 1900's.
I know NW did Non Stop IND flights for a few years s well as MEM flights they are no longer happening.
BoeingGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 2285 posts, RR: 7 Reply 9, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 4470 times:
Quoting dash8driver16 (Reply 8): I know NW did Non Stop IND flights for a few years s well as MEM flights they are no longer happening.
Oh, MEM is gone already? I just did that flight in March. I should have remembered US to PIT, which I've also done.
USAIRWAYS321 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1806 posts, RR: 10 Reply 10, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 4424 times:
US Airways had SEA-BWI service in 2001 & 2002. Southwest is bringing this back in April, but as of now, it would make the list.
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4529 posts, RR: 28 Reply 11, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 4215 times:
Did Inland Empire Airlines fly SEA-CDA at one time?
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4529 posts, RR: 28 Reply 12, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 4208 times:
Quoting USAIRWAYS321 (Reply 10): US Airways had SEA-BWI service in 2001 & 2002. Southwest is bringing this back in April, but as of now, it would make the list.
I think that's been more of a seasonal route for WN and/or FL, but maybe I'm mistaken.
slclaxkixkhh From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 74 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 4106 times:
Quoting N174UA (Reply 1):
Correct - UA flew SEA-HKG with either a DC-10-30 or 747SP in the early-mid '80s. I remember seeing it parked at Gate N1 or N2 in June 1983.
USAIRWAYS321 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1806 posts, RR: 10 Reply 14, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 3964 times:
Quoting PlanesNTrains (Reply 12): I think that's been more of a seasonal route for WN and/or FL, but maybe I'm mistaken.
ASFlyer From United States of America, joined May 2005, 889 posts, RR: 4 Reply 15, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3945 times:
Reeve Aleutian used to fly SEA-CDB (Cold Bay) nonstop on their 727's I think, though it may have been the Electra's.
BoeingGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2010, 2285 posts, RR: 7 Reply 16, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3895 times:
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4529 posts, RR: 28 Reply 17, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 3844 times:
ASFlyer From United States of America, joined May 2005, 889 posts, RR: 4 Reply 18, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 3670 times:
Horizon did a seasonal OTH (North Bend/Coos Bay) flight for a while. Pro Air did a SEA-DET (Detroit City Airport) route for a very short time as well in 2000. I think Mexicana used to fly to GDL (Guadalajara) as well at one time. I know they flew to SEA but I'm not 100% confident that it was GDL.
BigGSFO From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 2754 posts, RR: 7 Reply 19, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 3650 times:
Did SU operate a Russian Far East flight at one point as well?
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4529 posts, RR: 28 Reply 20, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 3644 times:
Quoting ASFlyer (Reply 18): Horizon did a seasonal OTH (North Bend/Coos Bay) flight for a while. Pro Air did a SEA-DET (Detroit City Airport) route for a very short time as well in 2000.
olddominion727 From United States of America, joined Jan 2012, 336 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 3625 times:
baw716 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1994 posts, RR: 31 Reply 22, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 3570 times:
They ran a TU154 via Anchorage to Vladivostok...I believe around the same time as AS was operating in the Russian Far East from ANC.
Sadly, SEA-MEM on DL is history...and it won't be coming back. As I understand the issue, the flights are quite full (95% load factor) but the yields are garbage owing to the fact that the vast majority of traffic to/from SEA is connecting somewhere. The only time that SEA does well from MEM is in the summer with the cruise traffic..but I don't see DL putting an aircraft on it....they'll force the traffic out of the secondary markets over MSP/SLC/DTW or ATL.
You can add AF to the list in March as DL will be taking over the route, with a 763.
As for SEA-MEX. it's hard to tell how that will play out. KE flying SEA-MEX might be a cool idea, but as a practical matter, since there isn't that much O&D from SEA to MEX and since AS has most of the beach resorts covered from Seattle either nonstop or via LAX...not sure that we'll see AM in Seattle. We'll just have to wait and see.
baw716
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PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4529 posts, RR: 28 Reply 23, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 3504 times:
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4529 posts, RR: 28 Reply 24, posted (1 year 4 months 1 week 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 3432 times:
Quoting PlanesNTrains (Reply 11): Did Inland Empire Airlines fly SEA-CDA at one time?
Looked it up. Empire flew SEA-CDA for about 3 months in 1985, then entered the market again in 1990. Not sure when the service ended, but I don't believe anyone has flown SEA-CDA since then.
-Dave
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25 Gunsontheroof: This flight was mostly 742 as I remember...there were 744 subs here and there, but I think most of the SEA-Asia flights with NW were flown with older
27 airplanenut: Recently it's been offered around Memorial Day to Labor Day. I've flown it a few times on FL when they were the only airline flying it, and I think S
28 wedgetail737: The San Juan Airlines of the 1980's that flew Piper and Cessna twins no longer exists. There is a San Juan Airlines based out of Anacortes, WA that f
29 okAY: AY's Seattle route used to have a tag-on leg, the flight used to continue down to LAX. Finnair even had Finnish crew based in SEA to operate leg down
30 PacificF27: Wein flew to both Homer and Kodiak nonstop from SEA. About 1980--3 days/week to one and 4days/week to the other.
31 aznmadsci: What were the routings of AS's former Far East Russian routes? Were they nonstops?
32 USAIRWAYS321: I'm pretty sure that most, if not all, of these routes went SEA-ANC-Russia.
33 EA CO AS: None were from SEA; each Russian Far East route flown by AS originated in ANC. ANC to: KHV GDX VVO UUS PKC
34 USAIRWAYS321: None of the flight numbers began in SEA? I know there was never non-stop from SEA to Russia, but I thought at least some of them were billed as one-s
35 BoeingGuy: Remember, the tread is about destinations no longer served from SEA: QX still does this. AS still does this. DL is still going non-stop to CDG. There
36 Cargolex: FL was running BWI-SEA just this past summer. In August I took a 717 ROC-BWI, then a 73G BWI-SEA back in August. But I didn't arrive in ROC by FL.
37 timpdx: I know its not SEA, but I think Seaport Air is stopping BFI-PDX in a week or so.
38 BoeingGuy: Yes, but again the thread is about destinations no longer served from SEA. PDX will still have flights from SEA on QX. You know that Hughes Airwest f
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