ADVISORY/ Horizon Air Celebrates New Nonstop Jet Service to Tucson at Inaugural Ceremonies.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY... for Monday Monday: see week. (Feb. 11) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Horizon Air
What: Inaugural ceremonies to mark the beginning of Horizon Air's
new nonstop jet service from Portland to Tucson.
Where: Portland International Airport, Gate A-11
When: Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, starting at 12 p.m.
Who: Suzanne Miller, Portland Airport General Manager of Marketing
& Customer Service Tom Gerharter, Horizon Air Senior Vice
President, Operations
Why: "Horizon Air's new nonstop service between PDX and Tucson is
great news," said Suzanne Miller, Portland Airport Manager of
Marketing & Customer Service. This popular sun destination
will give PDX travelers new nonstop access to one of our top
leisure markets. We are delighted that Horizon continues to
explore new opportunities and develop their service at PDX."
How: The Portland-Tucson flight will depart Portland daily at 1:40
p.m. The Tucson-Portland flight will depart Tucson daily at
12:40 p.m.
Etc:
-- The two-hour-and-40-minute nonstop flight will cut about two
hours off the shortest air travel time currently available
between Portland and Tucson.
-- Traveling from other Oregon cities to Tucson will also be more
convenient with new connections over Portland from Eugene,
Klamath Falls, Medford, North Bend/Coos Bay, Pendleton and
Redmond/Bend.
-- Horizon Air is the only airline to offer nonstop service
between Portland and Tucson.
-- The Portland-Tucson flights will be operated with new, 70-seat
CRJ-700 regional jets. Horizon is the first airline in North
America to operate the CRJ-700, one of the world's quietest
commercially operated jet aircraft. The CRJ-700 has far less
noise and fuel emissions than required by even the most
environmentally sensitive airports.
-- Interviews with Tom Gerharter, Sr. Vice President, Operations,
will be held after the presentations.
Horizon has served Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. since 1981 and currently offers nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. service from this city to 15 cities throughout Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. , Idaho, California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). , Washington and British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography . Horizon has served San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. since 1996 with nonstop jet service to Boise. Horizon, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, Inc., also said it will offer two jet flights every business day between Tucson and San Jose starting Feb. 10, one day after sister company Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. discontinues its one daily flight on the route. Alaska Airlines will continue to offer nonstop jet service between Tucson and Seattle twice daily. Horizon Air serves 41 cities throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, California, Arizona Arizona (âr'əzō`nə), state in the southwestern United States. It is bordered by Utah (N), New Mexico (E), Mexico (S), and, across the Colorado R., Nevada and California (W). , Alberta and British Columbia. Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group, Inc. R.S.V.P. Cheryl Temple, 206/431-4672 |
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