Northwest Sets Nonstop Seattle-Beijing Service

Northwest Airlines announced an expansion of its trans-Pacific route network with new daily nonstop service from Seattle to Beijing. Scheduled to begin March 1, 2009, Northwest’s new nonstop service will connect Beijing to Seattle and destinations throughout the United States via flights operated by Northwest and codeshare partners Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.

Northwest also serves Seattle with nonstop international service to Amsterdam, London Heathrow and Tokyo. In addition to nonstop Seattle-Beijing service, Northwest is launching nonstop Detroit-Shanghai service next March. This daily service will be operated with Northwest’s 747-400 featuring 65 World Business Class near-flat seats and 338 coach seats.

In addition to the direct Seattle-Beijing and Detroit-Shanghai service, Northwest will also continue to operate daily round-trip flights from its Tokyo-Narita hub to Beijing and Shanghai, providing customers great options to reach China from North America.

Northwest is launching the new Beijing service with the business traveler in mind. The new service will use the modern and fuel efficient Airbus 330-200, featuring our popular comfort and amenities of NWA’s World Business ClassSM service, a prominent feature of the A330 aircraft that NWA will be using to operate the new route.