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Airlines are offsetting the spike in costs by flying bigger aircraft that have many more seats but aren't much more expensive to operate than regional jets.

Planes into and out of the airport rose from 73% to 77% of seats being occupied by the middle of the year.

Alaska/Horizon Airlines has added a second daily flight to the airport, but the airline will charge a $500,000 fee if it's not able to cover its costs.

Process for Checking Luggage at Pangborn Airport Will Speed Up Currently, the only destination out of East Wenatchee’s Pangborn Airport (via Horizon Air/Alaska Airlines) is Sea-Tac Airport. Alaska recently debuted jet service to the route in December of 2022. Al...

Governor Jay Inslee announced the new venture at the Washington State exhibit at the Paris Air Show in France.

The new service from Alaska Airline's regional carrier Horizon will begin by the middle of September.

Horizon Air's Embraer (Em-Bray-er) 175 jet made its first landing on the runway of East Wenatchee's Pangborn Airport Friday.

This week has seen a return to daily flights on Alaska Airlines arriving at and departing from Pangborn Memorial Airport in East Wenatchee. Inbound and outbound flights on Alaska have been suspended at the airport since December 16. Airport director Trent Moyers says the halts were enacted due to ground instruments at Pangborn being offline combined with a limitation to the onboard equipment of Al

The Small Community Air Service Development Grant has been in place for that purpose since 2017 and is about to expire next month.

Electrical upgrades will need to be made at Pangborn Airport to accommodate the new jet aircraft that'll be taking the place of the turbo-prop planes being phased out by Horizon Air.  Chelan Douglas Port Authority Commissioners will need to approve the changes being made, even though the Port is not be paying for any of them.  ...