Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air to Resume Portland and Seattle Operations Monday With Significantly Reduced Early Schedules
22 Dicembre 2008 - 10:23AM
PR Newswire (US)
Customers advised to check current flight status on alaskaair.com
or horizonair.com; Continued cancellations and delays likely due to
severe winter weather SEATTLE, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air announced they will resume
operations in Portland, Ore., and Seattle Monday with significantly
reduced early schedules due to ongoing weather conditions. The
snow, freezing rain and high winds that hit the region starting
last week have severely impacted the airlines' operations, causing
the carriers to suspend flights Sunday afternoon. The resumption of
operations in Portland and Seattle is weather-dependent, and
further cancellations and delays are likely. "We are doing our best
to operate as many flights as possible in the morning to get people
where they need to go for the holidays," said Ben Minicucci, Alaska
Airlines' chief operating officer. "We appreciate customers'
patience and understanding as we contend with this unprecedented
weather cycle that has disrupted travel throughout the region. Our
operational decisions will continue to be guided by our commitment
to safety." Portland Horizon's first flight is scheduled to depart
Portland for Oakland at 6:45 a.m. Monday. Alaska's first flight out
of Portland is a 7:30 a.m. departure to Boston. "If weather
conditions abate Monday in Portland, we plan to operate more
flights as the day progresses, building to a normal schedule by
afternoon," said Tom Gerharter, senior vice president of Horizon
Air operations. Seattle In Seattle, the following morning and
midday Alaska Airlines flights are scheduled to operate: Flight
Destination Departure Time 244 Los Angeles 6 a.m. 61 Juneau 7:50
a.m. 81 Anchorage 8 a.m. (originally scheduled for 6 a.m. - two
hour delay) 83 Anchorage 8 a.m. 20 Chicago 8:35 a.m. 202 Puerto
Vallarta 9 a.m. 200 Cancun 9:10 a.m. 87 Anchorage 10 a.m. 324 San
Jose 10 a.m. 460 Los Angeles 10 a.m. 630 Phoenix 10:25 a.m. 206 Los
Cabos 10:30 a.m. 484 San Diego 11 a.m. 75 Juneau 11:25 a.m. 662
Dallas-Ft. Worth 11:55 a.m. 95 Anchorage Noon 648 Tucson 12:20 p.m.
636 Phoenix 12:35 p.m. 38 Minneapolis-St. Paul 12:35 p.m. 16 Miami
1:20 p.m. 10 Orlando 1:30 p.m. Horizon Air plans to begin Seattle
flying at 9 a.m. and requests that customers check online at
horizonair.com for the status of their flights. The airlines will
provide a mid-morning update on the status of flights for the
remainder of the day. Before leaving for the airport, all customers
are advised to check for the most current flight status information
online at alaskaair.com or horizonair.com or by calling
1-800-252-7522 or 1-800-547-9308. The airlines are working to
re-accommodate passengers whose flight schedules have been
disrupted. Passengers booked on a canceled flight may re- book on
the next available flight without penalty or apply for a full
refund of the unused portion of their ticket. Passengers wishing to
exercise either of these options should call Alaska Airlines
Reservations at 1-800-252-7522 or Horizon Air Reservations at
1-800-547-9308. Reservations lines will remain open 24 hours to
serve customers who have been impacted. DATASOURCE: Alaska Air
Group CONTACT: Alaska Airlines Media Relations, +1-206-304-0008 -
pager; or Jen Boyer of Horizon Air, +1-206-250-3209 - pager Web
site: http://www.alaskaair.com/ http://horizonair.com/
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