Alaska to operate majority of new Paine Field flights

Alaska Airlines will operate more than half of the 24 planned commercial flights from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, when service commences early next year. Southwest Airlines plans to operate 5 daily flights, and United Airlines 6 daily flights. Snohomish County, which operates the airport, conducted the supplemental assessment for the FAA to evaluate whether the planned service patterns would have a different impact than what was assessed in 2012. The county finds no additional impact from the planned flights and asks the FAA to approve the beginning of service in early 2019. Commercial air service to Paine Field, which is also the home to Boeing's final assembly lines for the 747, 767, 777 and 787 aircraft, has been discussed and studied since 2008. <br/>