PORT ANGELES –Horizon Air operated at William R. Fairchild International Airport at a loss for several years, a company official said Monday.
Because of low passenger occupancies in the 37-seat turboprop aircraft and increased fees at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the loss rose to $1.5 million a year, the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce was told.
“We just couldn’t do it anymore, and neither could Alaska Air Group,” said John Cavanaugh, Horizon’s Port Angeles station manager, to about 100 attending chamber’s weekly luncheon at the Port Angeles CrabHouse Restaurant.
“We just had to stop the bleeding.”
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