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Horizon Air to reduce its schedules, will lease out four CRJ700s

Horizon Air (Seattle/Tacoma) is discontinuing service on some of its routes effective with its fall schedule starting on August 22.

Service from Seattle/Tacoma to Pasco and Vancouver, and from Medford to Los Angeles, will be temporarily reduced by one flight in each market to help boost profitability on the remaining flights. All of these flights will be reinstated during the busier winter season.

Discontinued routes include Boise to Idaho Falls, Boise to Los Angeles, Flagstaff/Prescott to Los Angeles, Eureka/Redding to Seattle/Tacoma, Redmond to Los Angeles, and Sacramento to Santa Barbara.

Horizon currently has 57 aircraft in its fleet: 40 Bombardier DHC-8-400 (Q400) turboprops and 17 Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) regional jets. In conjunction with these flight reductions, Horizon plans to sublease four of its CRJ700s to another party. Horizon is in the process of transitioning to an all-Q400 fleet for greatest efficiency, and this move will bring the airline closer to that goal.

Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. CRJ700 N616QX (msn 10128) in the special Washington State University Cougars color scheme arrives back at the SEA base.