Originally Posted by
Baradium
Haven't checked in a long time, have you?
Last year FAI-SEA was mainline all year. This year is mainline for all but something like a month or month and a half. It's an A319 right now, goes to an E-175 for a short bit then to a 737 around the holidays then back to E-175 and back to A319 before the summer season starts again with 737s. Flight showed mainline all year this winter too until a few weeks ago. Supposedly the RJ this year is more due to upguaging another route with the Airbus so Fairbanks lost it for a while.
That said, Alaska still has a lot more flights to and from Fairbanks and ANC. Ticket prices aren't lower on Delta though from what I understand from friends who travel those routes semi regularly as paying passengers.
I do see your point. Even if it’s an RJ for only 4 months out of the year...they can only carry about 40 pax. Not sure about ticket prices, but at those loads with competitive prices it’s hard to stay profitable. Must just be my inner bean counter 😉.