Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
BLI is a Q400 only QX station right now, no? And using a E-175 means ANC needs to be able to handle them. The last time AS tried the Q400s in Alaska it flopped, are the E175s going to work better?
(Too bad AS is so Boeing-hidebound, those A220s DL has look sweet and just the right size for certain markets.)
Also, hard for me to believe AS can sustain BLI-ANC when they can't even sustain BLI-PDX or BLI-LAS.
BLI (not just the airport) is heavily dependant on the Canadian Market. When the CAD weakens towards the USD, fewer Canadians travel across the border as the bargains dry up. The $89 BLI-LAS fares were a bargain when the dollar was closer to parity. With WS flying from YVR & YXX it is often just as cheap, if not cheaper and for many, a lot less inconvenient than crossing an international boundary. . BLI-Hawaii is still relatively good comparatively. At the long-term parking losts at BLI British Columbia License plates still outnumber Washington State license Plates but I believe the spread has diminished.
James