Canadian authorities say they’ll lift a pandemic-era ban on cruise ships in the country’s waters, but it won’t happen until after the end of Alaska’s 2021 cruise season.
Tourism
‘Cruise ships are back, baby’: Federal test voyage to Ketchikan is symbolic start to Alaska’s cruise season
The federally mandated test voyage marks the symbolic start of the Alaska cruise season.
With border still closed to inessential travel, Haines tourism businesses adapt and make do
Haines Tourism Director Steven Auch estimates the activity is at about a quarter of a typical year.
Alaska’s first big cruise ship since 2019 arrives this week, kicking off a season like no other
When the Serenade of the Seas ties up on Friday, it’ll be the first ship to visit Ketchikan since Oct. 5, 2019 — 21 months ago.
Reborn Ravn eyes launch of Asia routes for 2022
Reborn airline Ravn Alaska has hired several people to study daily, year-round trans-Pacific service that its chief executive said could launch as soon as next summer.
Unalaska might see no cruise ship visits again this year
The majority of the ships cancelled because of coronavirus concerns.
Ravn says it’s eyeing flights to Asia and the Lower 48
The operation would be called Northern Pacific Airways and fly from the underused North Terminal at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, said Ravn Alaska’s chief executive Rob McKinney.
State announces which services will cease in shutdown; industry leaders call for legislators to act to avert losses
Travel industry advocate says a shutdown would be “effectively cutting the cord of our microphone right now as we are saying to the world: ‘Go big, go Alaska.'”
Alaska’s budget impasse won’t interrupt ferry service, DOT says
DOT Commissioner John MacKinnon wrote in an email to agency employees that confirmed that sailings would continue regardless of what happens inside the Capitol in Juneau.
Juneau visitor industry confronts labor crunch as short cruise ship season approaches
The pandemic may be waning, but its ripple effects have made for a weird summer for visitor industry businesses and for seasonal workers trying to decide if it’s even worth coming back for a short summer.