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Old Aug 19, 2024 | 2:44 pm
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Originally Posted by diver858
I am having difficulties understanding the SEA divestment rationale; DL made a big, unsuccessful push to challenge AS in SEA, State of Alaska; AA had grandiose plans to provide TPAC service out of SEA, partnering with AS, also failed; WN already has a presence in both SEA and PHX.
WN's presence in SEA (and AA's) has gone down significantly because of DL's expansion in SEA. There are some days where WN is flying 2x SEA-LAS. AA is regularly running RJs on SEA-PHX/LAX.
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