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Horizon ending service to Klamath Falls and North Bend/Coos Bay on Oct. 11
As part of its fleet transition and plan to improve financial performance in light of record high fuel costs, Horizon will end all flights from Portland to Klamath Falls and North Bend/Coos Bay, Ore., on Oct. 11. Klamath Falls is currently served with three daily Q200s to Portland, while North Bend/Coos Bay has four Q200 flights now and three in the fall.
“Despite our best efforts to adjust flight schedules and fares in order to make these routes financially viable, consistent profitability has proved to be elusive,” said Dan Russo, Horizon’s vice president of marketing and communications. “The astronomically high fuel prices have only made the situation worse, and so we find ourselves with no choice but to reduce our losses by taking this action.”
“It’s a sad day when we have to announce that we are going to leave any city, and it’s particularly heart-wrenching in the case of these two Oregon cities, which we have served since 1982, shortly after Horizon was established,” said Jeff Pinneo, Horizon’s president and CEO. “Our people there have established a long tradition of excellent customer service and contributed much to their communities. I wish to thank them for their years of service as well as extend our gratitude to the customers who have flown with us over the past 26 years. Hopefully, some years down the road, once the economic picture greatly improves and these markets experience more growth, we can consider returning.”
Horizon currently has 10 employees in Klamath Falls and 12 in North Bend/Coos Bay, and they are all being given the opportunity to apply for openings elsewhere in Horizon’s route system.
After Horizon ends its service to Klamath Falls, the nearest Horizon airport will be Medford (78 miles away), with nonstop service to Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle. The nearest Horizon airport to North Bend/Coos Bay will be Eugene (104 miles away), with nonstop service to Portland and Seattle, and direct (one-stop) service to Los Angeles.
Horizon’s fleet serves 49 cities throughout Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Baja California Sur (Mexico), and British Columbia and Alberta (Canada). Together, Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines serve 92 cities and are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group,