Horizon Air gets first new jet since pilot crisis, pointing to an upturn
Regional carrier Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, this week received its first new jet since last year’s crisis over a shortage of pilots prompted it to reduce flights and suspend deliveries of Embraer E175 planes. The new E175 will be integrated into the carrier’s schedule later this month. Four more are to arrive before the end of May, and Horizon expects to take a total of 13 this year, bringing its E175 fleet to 23 aircraft. The E175 deliveries were originally supposed to begin last year, but in September Horizon was forced to defer the first 6 because the airline didn’t have enough pilots to fly the planes. This past summer and into the fall, Horizon had to cancel hundreds of flights, and Alaska Air announced that to avoid further disruption it would hand over some of Horizon’s routes to rival SkyWest. <br/>
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Horizon Air gets first new jet since pilot crisis, pointing to an upturn
Regional carrier Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, this week received its first new jet since last year’s crisis over a shortage of pilots prompted it to reduce flights and suspend deliveries of Embraer E175 planes. The new E175 will be integrated into the carrier’s schedule later this month. Four more are to arrive before the end of May, and Horizon expects to take a total of 13 this year, bringing its E175 fleet to 23 aircraft. The E175 deliveries were originally supposed to begin last year, but in September Horizon was forced to defer the first 6 because the airline didn’t have enough pilots to fly the planes. This past summer and into the fall, Horizon had to cancel hundreds of flights, and Alaska Air announced that to avoid further disruption it would hand over some of Horizon’s routes to rival SkyWest. <br/>
