Overview
- Alaska Airlines completed its inaugural nonstop Seattle–London flight and arrived at Heathrow on Friday, May 22, initiating a year‑round daily Seattle–Heathrow service operated with a Boeing 787‑9.
- With Alaska now at Heathrow, 14 of oneworld’s 15 member carriers serve the airport, reinforcing LHR as the alliance’s busiest global hub and central transfer point.
- oneworld says Heathrow supports nearly 2,800 weekly departures to more than 160 destinations and handled about 29 million oneworld customers last year, with roughly 71% of Round‑the‑World bookings including London.
- CEO Ole Orvér has directed the alliance to prioritise a consistent premium customer proposition — investing in shared oneworld lounges and product upgrades at key airports rather than pursuing rapid member expansion.
- Passengers gain clearer benefits from the change because Alaska’s Terminal 3 flights feed single‑ticket onward connections across Europe, Africa and Asia and give travellers access to member premium lounges at LHR.