New Airline Seeks To Offer Cheap Flights To Asia, By Way Of Alaska

For more crisp and insightful business and economic news, subscribe to The Daily Upside newsletter. It's completely free and we guarantee you'll learn something new every day.

When Icelandair began offering cheap trans-Atlantic fares to Icelandic capital Reykajavik, it doubled as both a budget gateway for Americans to the rest of Europe and a catalyst for tourism in the little-traveled Nordic Island.

Now, start-up airline Northern Pacific Airways seeks to mimic the model, using layovers in Alaska to cut airfare prices to Asia.

Continue reading

Source Fool.com