Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 (N813AK) departing Boston · 4300streetcar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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Anchorage and Tokyo to be linked by first direct flights
Alaska Airlines puts a 737 MAX 8 on the Pacific next May, opening the state's first nonstop to Japan.
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