Apr 6, 2020, 11:20 pm
Last edit by: beckoa
Related:
AS to serve CDB among other areas of increased service:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alaska-airlines-mileage-plan/2015224-start-anc-cdb-move-up-akn-dlg-service.html
Press Release from North Slope Borough commandeering some of Ravn's assets up there:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6826849-Emergency-Order-06-2020.html
AS to serve CDB among other areas of increased service:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alaska-airlines-mileage-plan/2015224-start-anc-cdb-move-up-akn-dlg-service.html
Press Release from North Slope Borough commandeering some of Ravn's assets up there:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6826849-Emergency-Order-06-2020.html
Ravn [7H, etc] suspends air service, to most rural Alaska communities
Apr 2, 2020, 3:45 pm
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Ravn [7H, etc] suspends air service, to most rural Alaska communities
From ADN:
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/avia...a-communities/
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/avia...a-communities/
Originally Posted by adn.com
The company announced in a statement Thursday it was taking “further actions to drastically cut costs” and further reducing flying operations by 90 percent. Ravn is shrinking its fleet from 30 aircraft to three Dash 8s.
That allows the company to continue service to communities it’s federally required to serve and continue flights to other markets served with the planes, the statement says.
These are the only communities Ravn is serving now: Kenai, Homer, Valdez, King Salmon, Dillingham, St. Paul, Aniak, St. Mary’s, McGrath and Unalakleet.
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All RavnAir Connect aircraft will be parked and all operations stopped, the company says. RavnAir Alaska Dash 8 flights will continue to operate.
That allows the company to continue service to communities it’s federally required to serve and continue flights to other markets served with the planes, the statement says.
These are the only communities Ravn is serving now: Kenai, Homer, Valdez, King Salmon, Dillingham, St. Paul, Aniak, St. Mary’s, McGrath and Unalakleet.
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All RavnAir Connect aircraft will be parked and all operations stopped, the company says. RavnAir Alaska Dash 8 flights will continue to operate.
Apr 2, 2020, 4:37 pm
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7H is flying to the larger "hub" airports for now, that AS could still service. Smaller ones, well AS would need to pull a few aircraft out of museums
Apr 2, 2020, 4:50 pm
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This is a potentially very serious situation if deliveries of groceries by US mail is stopped to so many remote communities that have no other options except aircraft for food deliveries (other than subsistence). In-state travel in Alaska between communities has been largely shut down to prevent spreading COVID-19 to vulnerable communities that have little in the way of medical facilities, but if a side effect is that small village stores are also quickly emptied of food, that will affect everyone.
Apr 2, 2020, 10:54 pm
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Speculation was from airliners.net is they weren't big enough.
There's a lot of places I wanted to go visit (some with AS miles) that I won't be able to now. And never got to fly the Saab 2000.
And what of DUT? This was a wetlease by AS, not sure if it ever got resolved after the overrun last fall.
Concerned about the communities too... lots of nice folks I've met over the years.
Wonder how 8E is doing?
There's a lot of places I wanted to go visit (some with AS miles) that I won't be able to now. And never got to fly the Saab 2000.
And what of DUT? This was a wetlease by AS, not sure if it ever got resolved after the overrun last fall.
Concerned about the communities too... lots of nice folks I've met over the years.
Wonder how 8E is doing?
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Anchorage Daily News article has been updated and is expansive: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/avia...a-communities/
Sounds like the cargo needs are mostly satisfied, but the passenger service side has the potential to be a total cluster. DUT was one of the first places that sprang to mind when I saw this; that is a significant city (by Alaska standards) to have no passenger service. Underlines the fact that they really need to figure out how to expand the runway there. DUT-ADK is 444 miles, which is too far to realistically send a Caravan full of people and bags in order to connect to AS at ADK. It's a problem.
Sounds like the cargo needs are mostly satisfied, but the passenger service side has the potential to be a total cluster. DUT was one of the first places that sprang to mind when I saw this; that is a significant city (by Alaska standards) to have no passenger service. Underlines the fact that they really need to figure out how to expand the runway there. DUT-ADK is 444 miles, which is too far to realistically send a Caravan full of people and bags in order to connect to AS at ADK. It's a problem.
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There's a lot of places I wanted to go visit (some with AS miles) that I won't be able to now. And never got to fly the Saab 2000.
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https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2020...e-to-covid-19/
“RavnAir Group will park all 72 of its airplanes and temporarily lay off all remaining staff as passenger revenue continues to decline amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said Sunday.”
“RavnAir Group will park all 72 of its airplanes and temporarily lay off all remaining staff as passenger revenue continues to decline amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said Sunday.”
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https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2020...e-to-covid-19/
“RavnAir Group will park all 72 of its airplanes and temporarily lay off all remaining staff as passenger revenue continues to decline amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said Sunday.”
“RavnAir Group will park all 72 of its airplanes and temporarily lay off all remaining staff as passenger revenue continues to decline amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said Sunday.”
Apr 5, 2020, 7:25 pm
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Just saw on adn.com
Sad day in AK aviation.
Granted, this may keep the virus out of said villages, but getting supplies will be difficult at best. May need to revert to more traditional means of getting food.
Sad day in AK aviation.
Granted, this may keep the virus out of said villages, but getting supplies will be difficult at best. May need to revert to more traditional means of getting food.
Apr 5, 2020, 7:26 pm
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