Originally Posted by
Going2Baja
SL - If they were seen it's not like it was a Black Op's mission. Who was it? Horizon? And can anyone else fill in the blanks here? This is VERY interesting. They could test RNP anywhere, why KTN (SE AK?) The rumor or AS dropping in state (AK) flying stopped over a year ago.....huh. A 70 seat TP makes a lot more sense than 700's. But how will they do the cargo feed? Or does AS even care?
Baja.
For the 16 years I worked at Horizon there were always on-again, off-again rumors of QX heading up to the great white north. But, if DL does end up buying AS I could see this finally coming true.
It could go something like this: DL keeps QX as a wholly-owned (I know DL is trying to get out of the WO business but it might be different with QX since they already have their own established brand). QX would then take over the majority of the intra-Alaska flying and keep their Pac-NW TP flying. The west coast RJ type flying that QX had would get sent to one of the other DCI operators (QX's RJ's are going away anyway). DL would keep the ANC/FAI to the lower 48/Hawaii and would take as much belly cargo as they could on those flights. The cargo only and combi airplanes would be gone along with the rest of the 737-400 fleet.