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Alaska Airlines plans to start its first flights to Europe next year with nonstop service to Rome from Seattle.

The Seattle-based carrier's new route is enabled by its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines — and its fleet of long-haul jets — last year.

Flights are set to begin in May and will go on sale in the fall, Alaska said Tuesday. The four-times-a-week service will use Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets, which are in the combined company's fleet after the merger.

Alaska plans to add a host of long-haul international destinations through the end of the decade from Seattle.

"We are serious about building a global gateway out of Seattle, and we will serve the major demand markets," said Alaska's chief

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