Commercial service has begun at Paine Field.
Alaska Airlines regional operator Horizon Air kicked off
a new era for the Seattle-area airport with a takeoff on Monday at 10:03 a.m.
of Flight 2878 bound for Portland. Twenty-seven minutes later, an Alaska
regional jet departed Paine Field for Las Vegas.
By mid-March, Alaska will operate 18 daily flights from
Paine Field.
United Airlines will begin six flights a day from the
airport on March 31.
Paine's introduction of commercial service coincides with
the opening of a new two-gate terminal.
The airport is located near the city of Everett, 38 miles
north of the Seattle area's primary airport, Sea-Tac.