FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - SEA to Europe vs Asia: why not more O/D European destinations from SEA?
Old Jul 17, 2019, 9:11 am
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It's expensive to operate nonstop flights to Europe from the west coast (and to Asia from the east coast), partly because of the simple fact that these long flights need to carry so much fuel for the trip, fuel is heavy, and it requires additional expensive fuel to carry all that fuel.
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