Alaska Airlines has begun operating flights on five new routes on the West Coast of the United States, which includes the resumption of flights between Portland International Airport (PDX) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). Offering the most daily flights from LAX to the West Coast In a statement Alaska Airlines issued on October 1, it said that with the launch of two routes from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), namely to Pasco Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) and to Reno–Tahoe International Airport (RNO), it now officially “offers the most daily flights to West Coast destinations of any airline from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).” “Both routes are flown with our Embraer 175 jet, an aircraft boasting only window and aisle seating; there are no middle seats.
” According to data from the aviation analytics company Cirium , while Alaska Airlines will be the only airline serving the Tri-Cities Airport from Los Angeles, it will be competing against Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, and United Airlines on flights to Reno–Tahoe in October. In total, there will be 69 flights per week on the route, with Alaska Airlines being the fifth airline in terms of weekly departing seats (1,064) despite offering the third-most weekly departures, 14. Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines utilize regional jets on the routes, but Southwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines have scheduled Boeing 737 and Airbus A320neos, res.