Summary
- Alaska Airlines replaced seasonal routes with new winter destinations, offering a variety of snow and ski destinations.
- Flights from Orange County to Boise and San Diego to Reno will commence on December 19, 2024.
- Alaska Airlines’ E175s feature 76 seats, with 12 in first class, 16 in premium class, and 48 in coach.
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines will no longer bring back two seasonal routes originating from Orange County and San Diego, California. In an update to the carrier’s route network, it has removed flights to Bozeman, Montana and Cancun, Mexico, from the respective airports.
Although the routes are no longer available, the oneworld airline says it will “replace” the service with new routes as part of its winter schedule that was recently announced. Boise, Idaho, is expected to be Bozeman’s substitute, while flights to Reno, Nevada, will take place instead of Cancun.
“New winter routes”
The development was first flagged by Adrian Waltz on X. According to aviation data and analytics firm Cirium, Alaska removed its seasonal flights between John Wayne Airport (SNA) and Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN), and San Diego International Airport (SAN) and Cancun International Airport (CUN) last week.
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Alaska confirmed the changes in a statement to Simple Flying last week.
“Alaska is continually evaluating our route network, and as part of this process we removed BZN-SNA and CUN-SAN from our schedule. However, we’re excited to replace these flights with new winter routes from SNA to BOI and SAN to RNO. These routes are part of our recently announced winter schedule, designed to offer our guests a broader selection of popular snow and ski destinations. We’ve added 18 exciting new routes, including destinations across Mexico, more stops in Latin America, our first-ever route to Vail and more.”
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Flights between SNA and Boise Airport (BOI) are set to commence on December 19th, with daily frequencies offered year-round. The airline will deploy the Embraer E175s on the route, operated by Horizon Air, Alaska’s wholly-owned regional subsidiary. Flights between SAN and Reno–Tahoe International Airport (RNO) will also be daily, but the service will be seasonal.
It will also begin on December 19th and will run through April 21, 2025. The equipment will also be an E175, however, the will be operated by SkyWest Airlines, according to Cirium.
What’s it like on Alaska’s E175s?
Alaska’s E175s accommodate 76 passengers with 12 first class seats, 16 premium class seats, and 48 seats in coach. The first class seats are arranged in a 1-2 layout and are understandably the most spacious, with 20 inches of width. The premium and coach seats are in a 2-2 configuration and share the same width of 18.2 inches.
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According to aeroLOPA, the seat pitch in first class is 37.8 inches. Premium class has a pitch of 33.8 inches, and the coach seats have a 30.8-inch pitch. The E175s allow Alaska to offer 152 daily seats on each route.
The former routes
The SNA-BZN route was offered from November 2023 and concluded in April of this year. Horizon’s E175s operated the flights, but they were not daily. Instead, the airline provided between 30 and 55 flights each month.
Flights between SAN and CUN ran from November 2023 to April 2024 but were less frequent than the SNA-BZN route. Alaska only offered around four to 10 flights each month and used its mainline aircraft: Boeing 737-800, -900, and 900ERs.
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