Shame they don't have it from SEA... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Schnell" <dks28@cornell.edu> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 13:45 Subject: Here's one for David ... > Horizon Air Announces New Nonstop Jet Service from San Diego and San > Francisco to Boise > > SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2002--Horizon Air said today the > airline will offer new nonstop jet service from San Diego to Boise and > from San Francisco to Boise starting April 1. > > Horizon will offer two daily nonstops to San Francisco and one daily > nonstop to San Diego, all operated with the airline's new 70-seat > CRJ-700 regional jets. > > The announcement was made at the Boise Air Terminal today during > inaugural ceremonies for Horizon's new twice-daily nonstop service > between Sacramento and Boise, which started Sunday, Feb. 3. > > Patrick Zachwieja, Horizon's vice president of marketing and planning, > said the new routes will build on the strength of the carrier's other > nonstop service from California to Idaho. "We're improving air service > to Idaho by expanding the number of California cities with nonstop > flights to Boise," Zachwieja said. > > Horizon's current California service from Boise includes nonstop flights > to Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Jose. Those California cities and a > number of others are also served by Horizon's sister company Alaska > Airlines with flights to the Pacific Northwest and Mexico. > > Horizon is the only carrier offering nonstop service from Boise to Los > Angeles, Sacramento and San Jose, and it will be the only airline > offering nonstop flights from Boise to San Diego when that service > starts April 1. The only airline currently offering nonstop service from > San Francisco to Boise curtailed its available seats on this route by 30 > percent last fall and will cut seats another 38 percent on Feb. 15. > Horizon will help compensate for this shortfall by adding 140 seats > every business day from San Francisco. > > > > Scheduled flight times for new service; all times shown are local: > > San Diego to Boise (effective April 1) Boise to San Diego > > Departs Arrives Departs Arrives > > 2:00 p.m. 4:59 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. > > > > > > San Francisco to Boise (effective April 1) > > Departs Arrives > > 6:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. except Sunday > > 10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Sunday only > > 2:30 p.m. 4:59 p.m. > > > > > > Boise to San Francisco > > Departs Arrives > > 1:10 p.m. 1:50 p.m. > > 5:40 p.m. 6:20 p.m. Saturday only > > 9:35 p.m. 10:15 p.m. except Saturday > > Horizon Air currently serves 40 cities throughout California, Idaho, > Washington, Oregon, Montana, Alberta and British Columbia. On Feb. 10 > Horizon begins new nonstop jet service from Portland and San Jose to > Tucson. On April 28, Horizon begins new nonstop jet service from > Portland and Boise to Denver. Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines are > subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group, Inc. For more news and information on > Horizon Air as well as reservations, visit > <outbind://31/www.horizonair.com> www.horizonair.com. > > <http://newsroom.horizonair.com/> http://newsroom.horizonair.com