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Northern Pacific visits Saipan in search of partners

24 October 2022 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

Tail of the Northern Pacific airplane, mostly black with a green and blue N in the top corner

With its first aircraft fully retrofit and ready to fly, Northern Pacific Airways is on the hunt for a destination market. The company is touring islands in the Pacific, hoping to find the right partners with which the service can take off.

This story is about: Anchorage, China, COVID-19, Department of Transportation, DoT, ETOPS, Mexico, Northern Pacific Airways, Rob McKinney, routes, Russia, Saipan Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Northern Pacific unveils aircraft, addresses service launch challenges

19 January 2022 By Seth Miller 3 Comments

The stylized

Can a pretty new paint scheme make the difference for Northern Pacific as it pushes forward with plans to connect Asia and the Lower 48 via Anchorage? Probably not, but the plane still looks good and CEO Rob McKinney is talking up the plans in more detail now.

This story is about: 757-200, ANC, Anchorage, ETOPS, Northern Pacific Airways, Rob McKinney Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Northern Pacific snags six 757s for Asia service

22 September 2021 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A rendering of the new Northern Pacific Airways livery on a 757-200

Alaska’s Northern Pacific Airways (NPA) is pushing forward with its plans to launch transpacific routes from its base in Anchorage. The carrier purchased its first six 757-200 aircraft for the effort, with the first delivery expected “immediately.”

This story is about: ANC, Anchorage, LCC, Low Cost Carriers, Northern Pacific Airways, Ravn Alaska, Rob McKinney, seating, seats, TPAC, transpacific Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports, IFEC, Seats & Cabin

Ravn Alaska registers Northern Pacific name for transpacific LCC operations

7 July 2021 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

Last week news broke that commuter carrier Ravn Alaska plans a major shift to add long-haul operations via its Anchorage hub. Now it is clear that the company is serious about that play. It registered a trio of new trade names with the Department of Transportation to operate the new services.

This story is about: ANC, Anchorage, LCC, LCCs, long-haul LCC, Low Cost Carriers, Northern Pacific Airways, Ravn, Ravn Alaska, Rob McKinney Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Ravn Alaska plans international expansion, 757 acquisition, Anchorage hub

29 June 2021 By Seth Miller 4 Comments

Ravn Alaska CEO Rob McKinney addressing employees in a video.

The jump from small regional player in Alaska to long-haul, international airline is a major one. Recently recapitalized Ravn Alaska plans to do just that.

This story is about: ANC, Anchorage, LCC, LCCs, long-haul LCC, Low Cost Carriers, Northern Pacific Airways, Ravn, Ravn Alaska, Rob McKinney Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

US DOT puts the squeeze on Hong Kong

16 March 2021 By Seth Miller 3 Comments

A Cathay Cargo 747 at Anchorage (Image by Robert Stankiewcz via Flickr/CC BY SA-2.0). https://www.flickr.com/photos/speedybird/15778221413/

The US Department of Transportation will require Hong Kong-based airlines to file their planned operations in advance, a first step towards potentially limiting the frequency or types of flights from the Chinese Special Administrative Region to the United States. The move comes in response to a change in quarantine policies effected 20 February that asymmetrically benefit Cathay Pacific’s cargo operations over all other operators.

This story is about: ANC, Anchorage, cargo, China, COVID-19, Department of Transportation, DoT, HKG, Hong Kong Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Anchorage, Fairbanks open up to international transit traffic

11 November 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Anchorage Airport terminal by pravin.premkumar via flickr/CC BY https://www.flickr.com/photos/pravin8/40714205/

Your next flight between the US and Asia might just stop over in Alaska. And a foreign airline could operate the entire route. The state won approval on Tuesday for its two major international airports, Anchorage and Fairbanks, to handle transit passenger traffic foreign carriers, similarly to how cargo has moved through the state for 25 years.

This story is about: ANC, Anchorage, Delta Air Lines, Department of Transportation, DoT, tourism, United Airlines Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Alaska pushes for renewed role as global passenger hub

18 August 2020 By Seth Miller 3 Comments

Anchorage Airport terminal by pravin.premkumar via flickr/CC BY https://www.flickr.com/photos/pravin8/40714205/

Sure, the aviation industry is hurting right now. But the airports of Alaska are thinking big about the future. The state wants to see its airport infrastructure eligible to serve as hubs for foreign airlines, boosting local tourism while also allowing for broader connections into the lower 48.

This story is about: ANC, Anchorage, Department of Transportation, DoT, United Airlines Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Lufthansa looks to leisure in US expansion

7 August 2019 By Seth Miller 5 Comments

Lufthansa will fly a handful of additional US routes starting in Summer 2020, bolstering the leisure-focuses service from its Munich hub.

This story is about: A330, A350, A350-900, ANC, Anchorage, Bangalore, BLR, Detroit, DTW, Eurowings, LAS, Las Vegas, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, MCO, MUC, Munich, Orlando, Phoenix, PHX, routes, SEA, Seattle Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

JetBlue’s route shuffle: Big additions, little cuts

28 June 2019 By Seth Miller 12 Comments

ANother route map shuffle is underway for JetBlue, with an unexpected route added in the Caribbean, a cross-town shift in Texas and a couple stations closing elsewhere in the network.

This story is about: ANC, Anchorage, BOS, Boston, CaribAvia, CaribAvia19, Caribbean, Charleston, Charlotte, CHS, CLT, Costa Rica, DCA, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, HOU, Houston, IAH, Jacksonville, JAX, JetBlue, JFK, JFK Airport, La Romana, LRM, Norwegian, PTP, routes, San Jose, SJO, Washington DC Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

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