Originally Posted by Dudemon
This is interesting. Does this route still exist in the QX inventory and its simply not being utilized? Not likely, but if no other airline took it over what would it really be worth?
How many extinct routes are out there between AS and QX? YYZ, the Russia flights, any others?
At least at Alaska there is, as you mentioned, Toronto and Russia. There are a host of other "routes" that have long since been discontinued, but not necessarily cities that have been discontinued. Routes such as ONT-MEX, SJC/SFO-GDL, SJC-LGB. That kind of thing. There have been a number of smaller Alaska cities that were discontinued over the years, such as Dutch Harbor or McGrath. Not a whole lot of other cities, however, that have gotten the ax that aren't around today. Tucson got the ax and is back on our route map today, albeit only served by one daily flight.
This might help you with Horizon. I got it from their employee website.
09/01/81 - Open Seattle
09/01/81 - Open Yakima - 2 cities
09/07/81 - Open Pasco - 3 cities
12/01/81 - Open Portland - 4 cities
01/01/82 - Open Pullman (seasonal) - 5 cities
01/01/82 - Open Sun Valley (seasonal) - 6 cities
03/01/82 - Open Eugene - 7 cities
03/01/82 - Open Medford - 8 cities
06/01/82 - Open North Bend - 9 cities
07/15/82 - Open Klamath Falls - 10 cities
07/15/82 - Open Pendleton - 11 cities
07/15/82 - Open Redmond - 12 cities
07/15/82 - Open Salem - 13 cities
03/15/83 - Open Lewiston - 14 cities
03/15/83 - Pullman (year-round) - 14 cities
05/15/83 - Open Boise - 15 cities
07/01/83 - Open Spokane - 16 cities
12/01/83 - Open Idaho Falls - 17 cities
12/01/83 - Open Pocatello - 18 cities
12/01/83 - Open Salt Lake City - 19 cities
12/01/83 - Open Twin Falls - 20 cities
12/01/83 - Sun Valley (year-round) - 20 cities
03/01/84 - Open San Francisco (seasonal) - 21 cities
09/09/84 - Open Wenatchee - 22 cities
02/10/85 - Open Moses Lake - 23 cities
06/09/85 - Open Walla Walla - 24 cities
10/01/85 - Open Sacramento - 25 cities
03/23/86 - Open Kalispell - 26 cities
08/17/86 - Open Missoula - 27 cities
12/14/86 - Open Great Falls - 28 cities
12/14/86 - Open Helena - 29 cities
02/22/87 - Open Bellingham - 30 cities
04/04/87 - Discontinue San Francisco - 29 cities
04/05/87 - Open Port Angeles - 30 cities
01/31/88 - Discontinue Sacramento - 29 cities
06/06/88 - Open Billings - 30 cities
05/07/89 - Open Vancouver - 31 cities
05/07/89 - Open Victoria - 32 cities
12/15/89 - Open Butte - 33 cities
02/25/90 - Open Bozeman - 34 cities
03/08/92 - Open Calgary - 35 cities
11/22/92 - Open Redding - 36 cities
01/31/93 - Discontinue Calgary - 35 cities
04/02/94 - Discontinue Salt Lake City - 34 cities
04/03/94 - Open Sacramento - 35 cities
04/30/94 - Discontinue Salem - 34 cities
07/10/94 - Open Eureka/Arcata - 35 cities
07/10/94 - Open Astoria - 36 cities
12/17/94 - Open Salt Lake City (seasonal) - 37 cities
03/19/95 - Open Oakland - 38 cities
04/01/95 - Discontinue Salt Lake City - 37 cities
06/30/95 - Open Calgary - 38 cities
09/09/95 - Discontinue Astoria - 37 cities
11/12/95 - Open San Jose - 38 cities
12/17/95 - Open Edmonton - 39 cities
06/09/96 - Open Jackson Hole (seasonal) - 40 cities
03/30/97 - Discontinue Jackson Hole - 39 cities
04/20/97 - Discontinue Twin Falls - 38 cities
06/07/97 - Discontinue Oakland - 37 cities
05/10/98 - Open Kelowna - 38 cities
03/01/99 - Open Fresno - 39 cities
06/07/99 - Open Los Angeles - 40 cities
07/29/01 - Discontinue Moses Lake - 39 cities
01/06/02 - Open Palm Springs (seasonal) - 40 cities
02/10/02 - Open Tucson - 41 cities
04/01/02 - Open San Diego - 42 cities
04/01/02 - Open San Francisco - 43 cities
04/28/02 - Open Denver - 44 cities
04/28/02 - Discontinue Palm Springs - 43 cities
07/27/02 - Discontinue San Francisco - 42 cities
10/06/02 - Open Long Beach - 43 cities
10/27/02 - Open Phoenix - 44 cities
10/27/02 - Open Palm Springs (seasonal) - 45 cities
01/18/03 - Discontinue San Diego - 44 cities
01/19/03 - Open San Francisco - 45 cities
04/27/03 - Discontinue Phoenix - 44 cities
06/08/03 - Discontinue Denver - 43 cities
07/01/03 - Open Santa Barbara - 44 cities
09/08/03 - Discontinue Palm Springs - 43 cities
10/26/03 - Open Palm Springs (seasonal) - 44 cities
12/14/03 - Discontinue Long Beach - 43 cities
12/15/03 - Open Kamloops - 44 cities
12/17/03 - Open Oakland - 45 cities
01/07/04 - Discontinue Port Angeles - 44 cities
02/15/04 - Open Burbank - 45 cities
02/15/04 - Open Ontario - 46 cities
06/06/04 - Discontinue Tucson - 45 cities
06/06/04 - Discontinue Palm Springs - 44 cities
06/06/04 - Discontinue Kamloops (seasonal) - 43 cities
09/12/04 - Open Palm Springs - 44 cities
09/12/04 - Open Denver - 45 cities
12/16/04 - Open Kamloops (seasonal) - 46 cities
03/06/05 - Open Reno - 47 cities
04/03/05 - Discontinue Kamloops (seasonal) - 46 cities
12/15/05 - Open Kamloops (seasonal) - 47 cities
01/08/06 - Discontinue Pocatello - 46 cities