Originally Posted by eastwest
Last winter this was operated with a 737-400 and we were maxing out on weight almost every night. We carry a fair amount of cargo between ANC and PDX. The ramp is certainly glad to see a larger aircraft and is rooting for an -800 over a -900! ^
I think you and I have had this conversation a couple times before, but AS is dropping the ball on ANC-PDX. Portland is perfectly positioned as a reliever hub for SEA, and for whatever reason, they keep dumping everything through SEA. They could easily fill up a second daytime flight through the winter on connections alone.
My conspiracy theory (maybe it's not even a conspiracy) is that AS underserves ANC-PDX on purpose to subsidize the QX shuttle between SEA-PDX.
Anyway, it will be nice, and appreciated, to see the larger aircraft on this route.