After drastically cutting flight services last week, this weekend RavnAir Group announced it would be halting all flights, laying off its remaining staff and filing for bankruptcy. Ravn employees at Kodiak airport were previously responsible for servicing Ravn turboprops as well as the daily Alaska Airlines jets from Anchorage. Now, Alaska Airlines says it’s working to hire back Kodiak’s recently …
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KMXT received the following press release from Alaska Airlines and posted it here with minor editing. Photo courtesy blog.AlaskaAirlines.com Alaska Airlines responds to Ravn suspension of service ANCHORAGE – With the announcement on Sunday of RavnAir Alaska stopping all operations, Alaska Airlines expressed deep concern for the Ravn employees and communities in the state impacted by the …
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The National Weather Service canceled out Kodiak’s blizzard warning, but that doesn’t mean the snow is letting up completely. NOAA meteorologist Michael Kutz said Kodiak is still expecting another couple inches Wednesday night, and lingering flurries into Friday. As for Tuesday night’s blizzard? Kutz says, based on data from weather spotters positioned around town, Kodiak received 11 inches of snow …
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A recent early morning fog at Kodiak high school. Kayla Desroches / KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Weather is one of the tourism industry’s biggest foes in Alaska. Wind, rain, and fog can often determine whether a plane takes off. And, in Kodiak, it’s common for a commercial flight to turn around and head back to Anchorage if conditions aren’t favorable for …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT Alaska Airlines is renovating the Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport, one of the airlines’ 11 terminals in the state. But following complaints about congestion, they’re going back in do some extra remodeling. Regional vice president Marilyn Romano says, following this year’s construction, there’s now a larger waiting room and restroom after security, but the baggage area is causing …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alaska Airlines terminal at Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport is about halfway through an extensive interior renovation and this month the chaos within could actually increase. Alaska Airlines’ regional vice president for the state, Marilyn Romano, says the airline updated its brand about a year ago and is now working towards a multi-million dollar renovation to each …
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