NEWS: Alaska Airlines Heads for Texas

Alaska Airlines will begin flying to Dallas/Fort Worth offering service to both Seattle and Anchorage beginning July 19th. Two flights a day will be offered. The press release hints that this expansion "was facilitated by another carrier's recent suspension of service between Seattle and Dallas/Fort Worth". For those playing along at home that would be Delta Airline's recent shut down of their Dallas hub.

So Alaska has decided to test the waters in the Dallas market. I'm sure the folks at DFW were hoping for something more than a couple of new flights. But there has not been a rush of airlines looking to backfill the void left by Delta so Alaska's announcement is better than nothing.