Thread: PAE Airport Becomes Focus City for AS

Seattle based Alaska Airlines will operate 13 daily departures from Paine Field (PAE) in Everett, Washington by this fall and hopes to be at full pre-pandemic capacity of 18 daily departures from the airport by spring 2022.
The airport, located 30 miles north of Seattle, is home to a massive Boeing manufacturing plant and is where Boeing conducts flight testing for widebody aircraft.
On June 17, Alaska will resume flying to five destinations from PAE: Las Vegas (LAS); Orange County, California (SNA); Phoenix (PHX); San Diego (SAN); and San Francisco (SFO). On Sept. 8, Alaska will fly from PAE to seven destinations, adding 2X daily flights to both Boise, Idaho (BOI) and Spokane, Washington (GEG). From Sept. 8, It will also increase flights from PAE to both LAS and PHX from 1X daily to 2X daily.