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Jul 13, 2024 | 4:08 pm

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Chugach

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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K

At least FAI/SEA seems to be about 5 winter flights per day - I seem to remember several years back that it was maybe 1 or 2 daily.

I wonder if there's enough FAI traffic to support a 3x (or so) a week HI service - and I mean generally HI, where it might not presently make sense to share revenue on a single ticket with another inter-island airline, but it might make sense if AS owns the inter-island airline.

I remember when it was a single redeye turn once per day in the early 2000’s on an MD80. Back in those days a lot more Fairbanks traffic got sent through ANC.

FAI could probably support HNL a couple of days a week in winter from a passenger count perspective. Whether they could get enough of a dollar premium over an ANC connection is another story.

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