Delta Air Lines is set to return to Tokyo Narita, filing a new operational schedule that will see the SkyTeam carrier resume nonstop flights between Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Tokyo Narita (NRT) for the first time since 2020.
The route, which appeared in Delta’s schedule update over the weekend of August 7, marks the airline’s return to Narita after several years away from the airport. Delta had progressively shifted its Tokyo operations toward Haneda in recent years, making the reinstatement of a Narita service a notable step for its trans-Pacific network out of the Pacific Northwest.
Service is scheduled to begin on March 27, 2027, and will operate daily using the Airbus A330-900neo. The widebody, part of Delta’s modern long-haul fleet, is well suited to the roughly nine-hour crossing between the Pacific Northwest and Japan.
According to the filed schedule, flight DL115 will depart Seattle at 1:35 p.m. and arrive at Tokyo Narita at 4:20 p.m. the following day, accounting for the westbound crossing of the International Date Line. The return, DL114, is set to leave Narita at 6:30 p.m. and land back in Seattle at 12:00 p.m. the same day.
Seattle is a key trans-Pacific gateway for Delta, which has built the airport into one of its primary hubs for service to Asia. Restoring a Narita link adds a second Tokyo-area option alongside the airline’s existing Haneda flying and gives connecting passengers from across Delta’s domestic network another routing into the Japanese capital.
Tokyo Narita has long served as a major connecting point in Asia, and a returning Delta presence there could also support onward itineraries beyond Japan. For travelers, the daily A330-900neo service reintroduces a nonstop pairing that disappeared from the map during the industry’s pandemic-era retrenchment.
With the March 2027 start date still several months out, schedules and aircraft assignments remain subject to change, as is typical for long-haul routes filed this far in advance. Even so, the filing signals Delta’s continued confidence in Seattle as a launchpad for its trans-Pacific ambitions and its intent to broaden its footprint in the Tokyo market.
Sources: AeroRoutes. Featured image: AI-generated by AviationShop. By Daniel Okafor.
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