How Are the Paine Field (PAE) Flights? Will Mainline AS Ever Fly There?
Aug 30, 2022, 9:33 am
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Why would they need an E75 base to send a E75 up there on PAE-ANC once a day? Worst case scenario if the plane goes mx in ANC, rebook everyone on one of the 15 to 20 daily ANC-SEA flights.
DL has scheduled the E75 in to FAI off and on for a few years now, so there’s some precedent for the type operating scheduled flights in Alaska, especially the real part of Alaska.
Historically the Q400 didn't do well there, and the thing about AS routing E175s is they're starting to route them through SEA on formerly mainline routes; I am seeing SFO/LAS/PHX-SEA on E75s to go along with PAE. Maybe they'd be willing to do SEA-ANC-PAE (and v.v.) routings...
(I suspect people wouldn't mind their upgrade chances on an E75...)
(I suspect people wouldn't mind their upgrade chances on an E75...)
Sep 2, 2022, 6:41 am
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I am curious about the feasibility of PAE-GEG. Are there enough people going just from the Seattle area, specifically in the north, to Spokane to justify it?
Sep 2, 2022, 3:48 pm
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Sep 3, 2022, 11:14 am
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in the Seattle metro area the population isn’t distorted. It pretty balanced north and south of the city. Seatac is south of downtown and Paine is on the north side. Bellingham is farther north.
between these two areas you have Boeing locations and military bases as well as other businesses connected between the areas. It’s set up to do day trip traveling.