Aviation
Seattles Boeing Field Launching Daily Flights to Oakland
Niche-Carrier JetSuiteX will offer semi-private service starting this summer
JetSuiteX, an airline offering the convenience of daily flights from smaller airports in California and Nevada, is adding Seattle to its itinerary staring July 1. The carrier, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., will operated out of King County International Airport-Boeing Field, located just south of downtown Seattle, offering flights between Oakland, California, and Seattle three times…
Alaska Airlines Quality Rating Descends From the Top Perch
The Seattle carrier still ranks among the top five airlines in quality of service, however
Alaska Airlines airline-quality rating took a hit last year, dropping from the No. 1 spot in 2017 to No. 4 in 2018, according to a just-released industry-standard report. Alaska was still digesting its merger with Virgin America in 2018, which was completed in April, and the integration appears to have been a bit of a…
Alaska Launching Paine Field Service, United Next
The airlines' inaugural flights will mark the first time since the WWII era that the airport has hosted commercial air service
Alaska Airlines will launch commercial service at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, on Monday, March 4, in the wake of the airports christening of its new Paine Field Passenger Terminal. United Airlines will follow suit at months end, March 31, by inaugurating its own service at the airport, located about 20 miles north of Seattle….
Sea-Tac Does Not Rank as a Top Airport
In the new J.D. Power airport ranking, Seattle-Tacoma ranks 10th of 18 major cities.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport ranks 10th among 18 North American mega airports in a new satisfaction study from J.D. Power. The airport scored 754 on a 1,000-point scale, ranking about average in the 2017 North American Airport Satisfaction Study. Sea-Tac ranks behind airports in Detroit, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, Charlotte, Minneapolis, Dallas, San Francisco, and Orlando,…