Horizon Air
Horizon Air tends to leave a lasting after burn that is not easily forgotten.
I always wondered what would happen to the smaller markets. Horizon Air put Cascade Airways out of business when they started flying metro liners on Cessna 402 routes. Then QX moved into the 200 and suddenly could not serve the smaller farm towns anymore. Next they got into the 400 and even the smaller cities are too small to serve with a 70 pax plane. Before you know it they will be overflying Yakima, Pullman and Walla Walla.
Someone eventually was going to take advantage of the vacuum being created by Horizon Air's growth into larger planes. Seems to me that QX is rapidly becoming more of a competitor for AS. QX has been taking over the longer runs that use to be the exclusive territory of big brother. Now AS must hire a third party to do the smaller stuff and head out into the jungle to go head to head with SWA. Not a good plan if you ask me.
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