The operation would be called Northern Pacific Airways and fly from the underused North Terminal at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, said Ravn Alaska’s chief executive Rob McKinney.
Tourism
State announces which services will cease in shutdown; industry leaders call for legislators to act to avert losses
Travel industry advocate says a shutdown would be “effectively cutting the cord of our microphone right now as we are saying to the world: ‘Go big, go Alaska.'”
Alaska’s budget impasse won’t interrupt ferry service, DOT says
DOT Commissioner John MacKinnon wrote in an email to agency employees that confirmed that sailings would continue regardless of what happens inside the Capitol in Juneau.
Juneau visitor industry confronts labor crunch as short cruise ship season approaches
The pandemic may be waning, but its ripple effects have made for a weird summer for visitor industry businesses and for seasonal workers trying to decide if it’s even worth coming back for a short summer.
No cruise ships are coming to Nome this year
Jen Martin with Lindblad Expeditions said the cancellations were caused in part by issues with docking in Provideniya.
Judge rules in Florida’s favor in CDC lawsuit, but Alaska’s cruise season is still ‘good to go’
The case has been closely watched as the CDC argued Florida’s challenge to federal pandemic rules could imperil an exemption to a law that required Alaska-bound cruise ships that are foreign flagged to make a stop in Canada