A MAJOR US airline has unveiled new plans for a direct flight route to a popular city for the first time ever.

This will be a first for the aviation company as it plans to go transatlantic.

New routes for major US airline

Alaska Airlines has unveiled a fresh livery and routes for its new Boeing 787s.

In an announcement on Tuesday, the airline called the new design its "first-ever global livery."

This is part of a bid to set up more ambitious international routes following its $1.9billion acquisition on Hawaiian Airlines last September, Business Insider reports.

Among these international routes, London Heathrow will be a new destination from Seattle, and the longest 737 route by a US airline.

By next spring, the airline will operate a daily, non-stop service to London, using a

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