Alaska now selling tickets for Everett; Southwest bows out

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EVERETT — Alaska Airlines began selling tickets Thursday for nonstop flights between Paine Field and eight West Coast cities. The carrier’s first day of service, pending government approval, will be Feb. 11.

And in a surprise move, Southwest Airlines, which initially planned to offer five flights a day from Everett to Oakland and Las Vegas, dropped plans for passenger service here. Alaska Airlines will take over those five gate times at the new, privately developed passenger terminal nearing completion at Paine Field. Southwest said in a news release the decision was due to “business considerations, and terms of the agreement are confidential.

With that change, Alaska said, it will now offer 18 daily nonstop flights instead of 13 to Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Las Vegas, Orange County, Phoenix and San Diego. The airline plans to use 76-seat Embraer 175 jets which will be co-branded with Alaska’s regional subsidiary, Horizon Air.

United Airlines plans six daily flights to its hubs in San Francisco and Denver, also using Embraer 175s, but it has not announced a starting date. Paine Field’s three-letter airport identifier, PAE, is in the United booking system online, but no flights could be found and Everett is not yet on United’s list of destinations.

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1. They probably low-balled the traffic projections

I think there's huge untapped demand for an alternative to Seatac.

[RainCaster]

2. I fly down the coast weekly

I might try it- once. I will have to look at the rest of the infrastructure first. How is mass transit getting to Paine Field? Many route choices? How about the schedule? How about parking? If I reschedule my flight home, what are the options? Two RTs a day isn't very impressive.