Very sad about this news.
I live in Oregon. Many of my friends live in Portland or drive hours to PDX and fly from there to NRT and connect to Asia. As for me, I have done xxx-SEA-NRT-Asia. Both the PDX/SEA-NRT legs are quite short compared to others and makes flying, whether on Y or D1 much more manageable. I thoroughly enjoyed flying the short 8 hour run from NRT-SEA.
A year ago, I changed from CX/AA/AS to DL, because DL was offering the best flights to Asia, but I guess I will have to go back to flying AS domestically as they partner with JL and NH on the TYO flights. I even opened a SkyMiles credit card last February and I'm on track to reach gold by September. What a waste.
(I do wonder, with PDX losing is one-stop Asia connection, will other Asian carriers come to PDX?)
Last edited by hikouki; Aug 1, 2019 at 11:03 pm