Alaska Airlines is making a great movement in Dallas.
Seattle -based carrier will stop operating from Dallas Love Field (DAL) on May 14, as seen for the first time at Cirium hours and then confirmed by a carrier spokesman. Alaska currently operates five weekly flights between Dal and its center at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea), and this 1,670 mile route will be cut together with the closure of the Alaska Dal station.
In the future, Alaska will consolidate all its operations in the Dallas area at Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) international airport much larger, which is located about 15 miles from DAL.
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DFW is the largest airport in Texas, and is also the largest center for one of the closest partners of the Alaska OneWorld Alliance: American Airlines. From DFW, Americans fly to almost 250 destinations in almost 1,000 daily flights.
“In the future, we will consolidate our operations at Dallas-Ft International Airport. Worth International (DFW),” Alaska explained in a statement. “DFW is located in the center with easy access to all Metroplex Dallas points and allows our guests to connect beyond Dallas to cities in the west already throughout the east coast with our Codeshare American Airlines partner.”
Alaska He inherited his flight in Dallas Love Field by Virgin America During the acquisition of the airline in April 2016. Virgin America Service launched for the first time from Dallas airport In October 2014 with service to Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC
Virgin America finally added DAL flights to the Austin-Bergstrom (AU) International Airport in April 2015, followed by the Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) of Las Vegas in December 2015.
Since the acquisition of Virgin, Alaska Airlines has considered her service in Love Field. In recent years, the airline has been serving San Francisco and Seattle from the airport, but the The flight of the bay area was cut last April.
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Now, Alaska apparently could not do his remaining service five times to the weeks of the sea work, so he will only break with Love Field.
From DFW, Alaska flies to the Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon, although it is possible that more routes can be added in the future now than the Love Field Service is being eliminated.
Southwest Airlines operates at 18 of the 20 doors in Dallas Love Field. The other two carriers operating from DAL are the airlines of Alaska and Delta, which divide their operations into the remaining two doors.
Without access to sufficient space to admit multiple daily operations, it seems that Alaska could be better to throw in the towel and focus its efforts on the near DFW.
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