Bonjour, Paris! SEA Airport Welcomes New Service to Paris from French Polynesian Airline Air Tahiti Nui

Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport (SEA) welcomes new intercontinental services to Paris (CDG) by means of French Polynesian airline Air Tahiti Nui that will start off on June 13 and work yr-spherical. Following launching non-cease 787-9 Dreamliner services past October from SEA to Tahiti, French Polynesia, Air Tahiti Nui is extending its assistance to link Seattle and Paris.

In partnership with Alaska Airlines, Air Tahiti Nui is the initial and only carrier featuring nonstop flights connecting the South Pacific, the Pacific Northwest, and France with exceptional possibilities to build connections via each and every end even though also letting Seattle travelers to hook up independently east or west. Air Tahiti Nui will be running Seattle-Paris 2 times weekly, in addition to the existing 2 times-weekly assistance to Tahiti.

“We are very pleased to be only the next gateway for Air Tahiti Nui in North America, and this new, year-round flight to Paris is a great complement to their existing Seattle-Tahiti services,” mentioned Lance Lyttle, SEA Airport Controlling Director. “Whether you’re touring just amongst Paris and Seattle or are transiting involving Paris and French Polynesia, we appear ahead to welcoming you to SEA and invite you to knowledge our efficient new international arrivals facility.”

“The opening of the new Tahiti-Seattle immediate assistance was previously an remarkable accomplishment for Air Tahiti Nui,” mentioned Mathieu Bechonnet, Air Tahiti Nui’s Running Director. “Pushing this service to Paris for the summer months was a way for us to provide even much more possibilities for our customer base in Tahiti to reach Paris although also letting the Seattle area to appreciate much more solutions to discover France and Europe.” 

Bechonnet carries on, “Our choice to shift this to a yr-spherical assistance is designed doable now many thanks to the terrific reaction we are obtaining from the sector. We are seriously thrilled about the new business options this represents for us and the dynamism it delivers to our operations.”

SEA Airport is producing sizeable investments to make worldwide journey by means of SEA much more productive and consultant of our area. The not too long ago-opened new Intercontinental Arrivals Facility supplies vacationers an expanded and more productive expertise to fulfill the increasing regional need for global vacation. The new facility is around four periods the measurement of the previous facility and features an legendary aerial walkway which is the longest about an active taxilane in the environment!

The codeshare partnership in between Air Tahiti Nui and Alaska Airlines will allow travellers to journey via Seattle-Tacoma Global Airport (SEA) to and from virtually 100 metropolitan areas in North The usa. Air Tahiti Nui travellers are also able to generate and redeem miles with Alaska’s Mileage Software.

Flight Aspects

The new flights operates twice a 7 days – Tuesday and Saturday utilizing a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane.

Global Provider at SEA

Air Tahiti Nui’s provider is presently the second new global services to be announced in 2023, subsequent WestJet’s announcement of new Edmonton services beginning in May. In 2022, SEA included four model-new intercontinental expert services: Turkish Airlines to Istanbul, Air Canada to Montreal, Finnair to Helsinki, and Air Tahiti Nui to Tahiti. General, 44 worldwide solutions are now in procedure at SEA, delivering nonstop flights to 29 exceptional worldwide destinations on 25 airlines.

About Air Tahiti Nui

Air Tahiti Nui back links the South Pacific with four continents as the leading carrier to French Polynesia, with day by day non-quit support to Tahiti from Los Angeles, and is one particular of only two airways to supply a range of non-stop flights connecting Los Angeles and Paris. With the new non-halt company to Tahiti from Seattle commencing on Oct 5th, 2022, Air Tahiti Nui gets the only airline connecting the Pacific Northwest and French Polynesia. Headquartered in Papeete, Tahiti, Air Tahiti Nui at the moment operates from its Tahiti base to locations in 10 nations around the world in cooperation with a number of codeshare partners including Alaska Airlines, American Airways, SNCF, Air Calin, Air New Zealand, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, Qantas and LATAM. Observe Air Tahiti Nui on Facebook and Instagram @airtahitinui. For extra particulars, make sure you check out www.airtahitinui.com.

About Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport 

Operated by the Port of Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma Global Airport (SEA) serves the people today of the Pacific Northwest with necessary expert services, entry to hundreds of domestic and worldwide destinations, and economic action that supports tens of hundreds of employment and makes $20 billion in financial exercise. SEA is a prime 12 U.S. airport that has acquired the travel industry’s prestigious 4-Star Skytrax Airport Ranking and designation as Finest Airport in North America for the earlier two yr, concentrated on shopper-centered vacation with far better companies, services, and features. SEA totaled 45.9 million passengers in 2022 – down just 11{0b5b04b8d3ad800b67772b3dcc20e35ebfd293e6e83c1a657928cfb52b561f97} from 2019 – with a forecast to get to pre-pandemic traveler volumes in 2024. For a lot more information about our U.S. Top rated 12 airport, visit www.flysea.org and comply with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Each individual working day. Elevate.

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Perry Cooper | Port of Seattle Senior Media Officer
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