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Kenmore Air to fly to Victoria International Airport

Kenmore Air, the leading seaplane operator in the Pacific Northwest, has announced the expansion of its land-based plane service from Seattle’s Boeing Field and Everett’s Paine Field to now include Victoria International Airport.

With this expansion, Kenmore Air now provides the only scheduled international transportation link between Friday Harbor and YYJ, offering 2 round trips per day, making it the fastest, most scenic, and most convenient connection to both Victoria’s Inner Harbor and Victoria International Airport.

Horizon Air operates its last turboprop flight

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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