Alaska Airlines cuts eight routes in November

In November, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines will eliminate eight routes, according to Cirium schedule data. Simple Flying has contacted Alaska Airlines for comment.

Reduced November Calendar

Every week, analytics firm Cirium publishes a report outlining changes to airline schedules. This week’s report revealed that Alaska Airlines is cutting eight routes starting in November. The routes are the following:

• Boise-Austin
• Boise – San Jose
• Boise-Palm Springs
• Los Angeles–Bozeman
• Los Angeles – Reno
• Portland–MSO
• Portland–Billings
• San Diego-Salt Lake City

All of the routes listed above are regional routes, operated by Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines, on 76-seat Embraer E175 aircraft. Each route had 14 scheduled flights in November except for Boise-Palm Springs, which had six. The Alaskan network in November was reduced by 226 flights and 18,895 seats. After this week’s changes, Alaska has 35,758 flights scheduled in November, 4,723 more than in November 2022. Its seat offer increases by 648,769 seats.

Some routes will also see increased frequencies in November, such as Alaska to Cancun routes from Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco. Flights to Guadalajara from Los Angeles and Seattle to San José del Cabo will also increase.

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Additional operations at airports suffering cuts

Although the Boise-Austin route will be cut, Alaska has 624 scheduled flights to and from Austin in November. The carrier will serve the North Texas city from San Diego, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and San Jose. The Seattle-Austin route is the busiest, reaching four daily frequencies on most days.

Boise is also a major market for Alaska, which has 13 routes from Idaho City. As with Austin, Boise’s busiest route is from Seattle. On most days, Alaska flies 22 times (round trip) between Boise and Seattle. Flights from Portland and Spokane are also frequent, reaching four times a day on most days.

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Below are all Alaska Airlines flights to Boise in November:

Although Palm Springs will no longer be served by Boise, five other cities will continue to have flights to the popular winter destination. The five routes are divided between mainline and regional operations, using Boeing 737s from Alaska and E175s from SkyWest and Horizon. Palm Springs’ busiest route is San Francisco, with eight round-trip flights on most days, but Seattle isn’t far behind, with just four fewer frequencies in November. The airline also offers flights from Paine Field in Everett, Portland and San Jose.

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Reno will continue to have flights from Portland and Seattle, Missoula and Billings will continue to have service from Seattle, while the other Montana destination on the list above, Bozeman, will have flights from Seattle and Portland. Alaska will serve Salt Lake City from Portland, Seattle and San Francisco.