Horizon Air (Alaska Horizon) is planning to retire and operate its last Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) revenue flight today.

Today’s date was selected because the turboprop was introduced by Horizon Air 22 years ago on January 26, 2001.

Horizon Air will become an all-jet airline.

Horizon Air was founded in 1981 by entrepreneur Milt Kuolt and a group of venture capitalists in Seattle, Horizon had fewer than 100 employees at that time and operated a fleet of two Fairchild F-27 propjets. 

Update: The last revenue flight (flight AS9986) was operated with N421QX (above) on January 26, 2023 between Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) and Portland arriving at 9:40 pm (2140).

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Top Copyright Photo: Alaska Horizon (Horizon Air) Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) N453QX (msn 4489) SEA (Brian Worthington). Image: 959980.

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