Originally Posted by uanj

Did UA ever fly PDX-NRT? I think maybe that was DL. UA fought for years to get international service and finally got rights from SEA to NRT, SEL and HKG if I recall correctly. Early 80s. My first UA flight ever was HKG-SEA. in 83 I believe. UA even had an International First Class Lounge in SEA but I don't remember when it opened, it may have been later. I seem to remember UA's approval to buy the Pan AM Pacific division was contingent on dropping their SEA routes but later UA added SEA-NRT and SEA-LHR.