Originally Posted by
Reindeerflame
Several years ago Horizon operated the flights SEA-YEG, but now it's Skywest.
How long has Alaska used Skywest?
And why would Alaska want to bring in Skywest when it already has Horizon?
See:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...ate-cr7-s.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...w-skywest.html
When the Skywest agreement started Tilden said the following:
Alaska Airlines president Brad Tilden says SkyWest will operate the five CRJ700s primarily on routes between California and Pacific Northwest. These routes are currently served with Horizon CRJ700s but Tilden explains they are too long for Q400s and too thin to be up-gauged to Alaska mainline Boeing 737s.