E175 in the 49th State
Oct 23, 2020, 10:40 am
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E175 in the 49th State
Just saw this on ADN and its generally about the shift from Q400s to E175 in Alaska. But the one thing that caught my attention was mention of using E175s out of Seattle to serve Alaska because it can start the day with a load from SEA to ANC. I think this is a plan for the future, because I don't see E175 on that route. But I am also a E175 fan, would be a nice ride to ANC.
https://www.adn.com/business-economy...TEprAaxDyNGPDE
https://www.adn.com/business-economy...TEprAaxDyNGPDE
Oct 23, 2020, 11:36 am
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The future is very much now.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA2081
One of the big disadvantages of the Q in Alaska was it couldn't carry a load up from SEA so a lot of hours when to ferry flight. That's not the case with the E175.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA2081
One of the big disadvantages of the Q in Alaska was it couldn't carry a load up from SEA so a lot of hours when to ferry flight. That's not the case with the E175.
Oct 23, 2020, 1:16 pm
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This was indeed discussed earlier in the summer: QX headed back to Alaska
Oct 25, 2020, 10:15 am
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i was looking at flights later this year and i think it was a late sunday night sea-anc flight that was shown as E175. Compass operated E175 to SEA-FAI for a while and I think they had issues RON at FAI with the cold temperatures- the APU had to be left on maybe and they had to leave someone on boatrd while it sat because of that? Anyone know anything about this?
Oct 25, 2020, 12:33 pm
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i was looking at flights later this year and i think it was a late sunday night sea-anc flight that was shown as E175. Compass operated E175 to SEA-FAI for a while and I think they had issues RON at FAI with the cold temperatures- the APU had to be left on maybe and they had to leave someone on boatrd while it sat because of that? Anyone know anything about this?
ANC rarely gets below zero, so shouldn’t be any issues there.
Dec 8, 2020, 8:45 pm
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Company store has QX in Alaska swag!:
https://companystore.alaskaair.com/a...ap-15oz/109085
https://companystore.alaskaair.com/a...ska-map/107969
Tempted to place an order before the winds change again.
https://companystore.alaskaair.com/a...ap-15oz/109085
https://companystore.alaskaair.com/a...ska-map/107969
Tempted to place an order before the winds change again.
Dec 11, 2020, 2:27 pm
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Company store has QX in Alaska swag!:
https://companystore.alaskaair.com/a...ap-15oz/109085
https://companystore.alaskaair.com/a...ska-map/107969
Tempted to place an order before the winds change again.
https://companystore.alaskaair.com/a...ap-15oz/109085
https://companystore.alaskaair.com/a...ska-map/107969
Tempted to place an order before the winds change again.
The mug is cool.
Wish they had AS masks in the company store.
Overall mixed feelings of QX intra-AK. They had to de-ice the engines last week FAI-ANC. Never heard of that on a 737. And with less capacity per plane, it makes finding flights last minute challenging.