|
(Spokane,
WA) – Spokane International Airport (GEG) announced today
that Houston, Texas based ExpressJet will provide 7 daily
departures to 3 major California markets that will be phased
in over time from April 2 through June 4, 2007. Spokane’s
new city pairs include Sacramento (3 daily departures), Ontario
(2) and San Diego (2). ExpressJet will operate the new Spokane
service with 50-seat Embraer-145 Regional Jets from the airport’s
Concourse C using Gate 32. Year-end 2005 top 20 passenger
markets from Spokane (bold indicates existing nonstop
service):
|
Destination
|
|
Total Passengers
|
|
Growth Rate vs. 2004
|
|
Seattle
|
|
529,810
|
|
4.3%
|
|
Portland
|
|
236,580
|
|
6.1%
|
|
Boise
|
|
147,940
|
|
6.3%
|
|
Phoenix
|
|
122,060
|
|
9.1%
|
|
Las Vegas
|
|
119,590
|
|
5.0%
|
|
Los Angeles
|
|
105,460
|
|
3.3%
|
|
Oakland
|
|
102,930
|
|
3.9%
|
|
Salt Lake City
|
|
91,290
|
|
-13.4%
|
|
Sacramento
|
|
91,170
|
|
7.1%
|
|
Denver
|
|
78,130
|
|
5.7%
|
|
San Diego
|
|
78,050
|
|
7.8%
|
|
San Jose
|
|
53,740
|
|
14.5%
|
|
Chicago
|
|
53,560
|
|
0.5%
|
|
Reno
|
|
52,170
|
|
6.3%
|
|
Ontario
|
|
49,680
|
|
7.4%
|
|
Orange County
|
|
39,280
|
|
-5.3%
|
|
Minneapolis
|
|
37,320
|
|
-3.3%
|
|
Dallas/Ft. Worth
|
|
36,990
|
|
22.6%
|
|
Anchorage
|
|
35,440
|
|
2.3%
|
|
New
York
|
|
35,100
|
|
7.4%
|
|