Alaska Airlines Moves Full-Size Jets to Pasco

(Pasco, WA) -- The Tri-Cities Airport says Alaska Airlines has started flying full-size Boeing 737 aircraft between here and SeaTac Airport on some flights. It's what's called an upgauge to a bigger plane. The short, 55 minute flight had been previously handled by a smaller CRJ-200 and some flights are still handled by the ERJ-175. Alaska Airlines says it will fly the 737 on two roundtrip flights between the Tri-Cities and Sea-Tac daily. The schedule below follows.

737 Schedule

• AS 1033 PSC-SEA, Departs 8:00 a.m., Arrives 9:01 a.m.
• AS 1035 PSC-SEA, Departs 1:25 p.m., Arrives 2:26 p.m.
• AS 1032 SEA-PSC, Departs 11:35 a.m., Arrives 12:31 p.m.
• AS 1034 SEA-PSC, Departs 7:30 p.m., Arrives 8:25 p.m.