Alaska Airlines is all-in at Paine Field (full schedule resumes this June)
Apr 14, 2022, 6:26 am
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Alaska Airlines is all-in at Paine Field (full schedule resumes this June)
https://investor.alaskaair.com/news-...e-resumes-june
Amusing thing to send out as a press release considering all the cancellations lately...
Starting June 17, we'll increase to 18 peak daily departures – our full allotment of departures at the airport – which will include four daily nonstops to San Francisco, one of Alaska's key hubs that's the center of Bay Area business travel. Service between Paine Field and San Francisco resumes on May 19.
Apr 14, 2022, 10:16 am
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(Disclaimer: I'm not an expert and could be wrong about either point.)
Apr 14, 2022, 10:25 am
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Most of my flights lately have been on Horizon and none were cancelled.
Apr 15, 2022, 12:58 am
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Still sporadic QX cancellations intra-AK.
Good for PAE.
Sad to have PDX-PAE go away again.
Good for PAE.
Sad to have PDX-PAE go away again.
Apr 15, 2022, 11:56 am
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I'm a bit bummed that PAE-SJC isn't coming back. I think the logic of 4xSFO > 2xSFO+2xSJC is totally sound.
I can use either airport on either side, but it was still nice to have a direct between the airport closest to my work and the airport closest to my home. Even so, I didn't always take it because sometimes I needed more flexibility than the one evening flight. Seems that's exactly the issue that consolidating all 4 PAE-Bay Area flights to SFO addresses.
I can use either airport on either side, but it was still nice to have a direct between the airport closest to my work and the airport closest to my home. Even so, I didn't always take it because sometimes I needed more flexibility than the one evening flight. Seems that's exactly the issue that consolidating all 4 PAE-Bay Area flights to SFO addresses.
Apr 15, 2022, 6:24 pm
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Strange to not have service to PDX....I would consider connecting there instead of SEA but the lack of an Alaska Lounge makes it a total deal breaker...especially given how nice the N lounge is. On the rare trips when SEA is my final destination, the link light rail is a no-brainer to get to downtown.
Apr 15, 2022, 8:23 pm
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Apr 15, 2022, 10:27 pm
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