Delta Air Lines, which recently began flying three times daily between Sea-Tac and Los Angeles International Airport, is increasing the frequency of its flights next fall.
The Atlanta-based airline will fly five times daily between the two cities using 90-passenger regional jets operated by Skywest. The route is one of Sea-Tac-based Alaska Airlines’ most highly patronized routes.
Alaska flies 12 times daily between Sea-Tac and LAX using larger Boeing 737 jets. Alaska has 55 percent of the market share on the route. Delta code-shares with Alaska on Alaska’s flights from LA.
Two other airlines already compete for passengers to LA, …