FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Airlines plans to replace most of the jets it flies between Fairbanks and Anchorage with three turboprop planes, freeing up the jets to be used for new routes between Anchorage and the Lower 48.

Three Bombardier Q400 planes will mostly replace the Boeing 737 jets that now fly between Alaska’s two biggest cities, beginning next March, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported (http://bit.ly/18MNkQC ). Q400s also will replace the 737 that flies to Kodiak from Anchorage twice daily from October through April.