Transportation

Alaska Airlines says it has refunded the cost of her ticket and launched an internal investigation.

Ravn Alaska says it could resume scheduled flights between Anchorage and Unalaska in two weeks.

A majority of the work group looked favorably on a controversial new ferry terminal at Juneau’s Cascade Point. Proponents say it would shave two hours of travel time on runs up Lynn Canal, allowing dayboats to complete the round trip voyage between Juneau, Haines and Skagway within a 12-hour window.

The company is borrowing more than $1.3 billion from the U.S. Treasury as it struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic.

A former Juneau mayor and retired high school government teacher found himself on the other side of this issue from his former student, who’s campaigning for the bond package.

Airport officials got more money than expected, as a lump sump instead of over four years, and with a much smaller local match obligation than usual.

Bethel is doubling down on using incentives rather than enforcement for the city’s airport testing mandate.

One of the jets had a mechanical problem in flight while returning from a military exercise in the Asia-Pacific region.

The new case triggers the resumption of an emergency travel order requiring incoming travelers to “practice extreme social distancing measures” for two weeks.

The nine-member ferry work group has reached consensus that the ferry system is too important for the state to just walk away.