Alaska plans to fly daily between Seattle and London's Heathrow Airport on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, in a bet on both business and leisure travel demand. Seattle–Reykjavik will be served by a 737 Max 8 as a spring and summer seasonal service.

Alaska Airlines is launching new nonstop flights from Seattle to London and Reykjavik, Iceland, beginning next spring.

Alaska wants to make the Pacific Northwest hub a more global gateway. Delta has already done that, and now it’s matching some of Alaska’s new flights.