ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Air travel between Anchorage and Dutch Harbor is now direct, thanks to Ravn Alaska’s latest fleet upgrade with an aircraft equipped to fly a longer range. In September, the DeHavilland Dash 8-300 will supplement the 100 series on this route. The aircraft is efficient for regional operations and comes with 25% more […]
Travelers earn “FLY” toward free Ravn flights, products and services. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Ravn Alaska deposited more than 300 million FLY, a value of $6 million, into the accounts of current and past customers, as it introduced its new FlyCoin loyalty program. “In 10 months, we’ve had more than 100,000 customers and we’re celebrating with […]
DPS Aircraft Operations Increased 42% as the Pandemic Reduced Commercial Air Options Transporting prisoners across Alaska’s vast distances is a challenge on a good day, but when you add dangerous winter storms and the COVID-19 outbreak, most would call the task near impossible. However, this challenge doesn’t stop the nearly 400 Alaska State and Wildlife […]
Sale fares from $49 one way* With 10 destinations and growing, the New Ravn Alaska is flying into 2021 with promotional fares to help Alaskans skip the winter drives and get back in the sky. Discounted fares are available on one-way travel, network wide for tickets purchased online through Jan. 12. Anchorage is a hub […]
Ravn Alaska announced Saturday it will honor all existing purchased reservations on Yute Air, including goldenrod tickets for travel between Bethel and any Bethel hub location served, through March 31, 2017. The announcement comes on the heels of the discontinuation of Yute Air services, effective Saturday. Yute Air customers with purchased reservations can call their […]
Ravn Alaska announced this week that beginning Feb. 15, it will offer round-trip, Dash-8 flights between Kotzebue and Anchorage, five days a week. With this direct service, Anchorage travelers will have more options and access to travel in the Northwest Arctic region of Alaska. This new route is now available to book online. “We were […]
Delta Air Lines said it canceled nearly 500 flights Tuesday as it tries to get operations back to normal following a computer systems failure Monday. The company blamed the outage on a loss of power at its hub in Atlanta, saying some of its critical systems failed to switch over to a backup that would […]
This summer, with sea ice across the Arctic Ocean shrinking to below-average levels, a NASA airborne survey of polar ice just completed its first flights. Its target: aquamarine pools of melt water on the ice surface that may be accelerating the overall sea ice retreat. NASA’s Operation IceBridge completed the first research flight of its […]
BANGKOK—The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok says the U.S. military has begun conducting maritime surveillance flights off the west coast of Malaysia, supporting efforts to search for thousands of migrants believed stranded at sea on rickety wooden boats. “In consultation with governments in the region, the U.S. on May 24 began conducting maritime surveillance flights off […]