Press Release - City of Unalaska Responds with Additional Charter Flights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:

Roxanna Winters
Public Information Officer
City of Unalaska
(907) 581-1251 – telephone
[email protected]

CITY OF UNALASKA RESPONDS WITH ADDITIONAL CHARTER FLIGHTS

Unalaska, Alaska, November 6, 2019, 8:30 a.m.

City Special Charter Flights scheduled for November 4th were canceled due to weather.  A charter for November 7th has been added to replace the canceled flights.  The City has scheduled two additional charters, one for Friday, November 8th and one for Monday, November 11th. See schedule below:

November 6, 2019
DEP ANC 9:00AM      ARR DUT 12:30AM
DEP DUT 3:30AM      ARR ANC 6:30PM

November 7, 2019
DEP ANC 12:30PM    ARR DUT 4:00PM
DEP DUT 5:00PM      ARR ANC 8:00PM

November 8, 2019
DEP ANC 7:00AM      ARR DUT 10:30AM
DEP DUT 1:30PM       ARR ANC 4:30PM

November 9, 2019
DEP ANC 1:00PM       ARR DUT 4:30PM
DEP DUT  5:30PM      ARR ANC 8:30PM
*This is the replacement charter for the cancelled charter on November 8, 2019.  Some seats have opened up as passengers identified alternative options.  Call Ravn for information on availability.

November 11, 2019
DEP ANC 7:00AM      ARR DUT 10:30AM
DEP DUT 1:30PM       ARR ANC 4:30PM

November 13, 2019
DEP ANC  12:30PM    ARR  DUT  4:00PM
DEP  DUT   5:00PM     ARR  ANC  8:00PM

The City will maintain on its website an updated list of flights. To make reservations or for updated flight information call the RavnAir reservation line, 907-266-8394 or 1-800-866-8394.

RavnAir and Alaska Airlines have issued the following statements regarding air service:

RavnAir Alaska has posted the following statement on November 5, 2019
(https://www.flyravn.com/ravn-news/unalaska-scheduled-service/):

RavnAir Alaska continues to work through the necessary requirements it has established before the company can start new daily Dash-8 service to Unalaska.

Recent bad weather in the Dutch Harbor area caused multiple flight cancellations over the past few days, and these cancellations have delayed the start of new scheduled service until next Friday, November 15th.

RavnAir Group will notify the City of Unalaska and its residents if this date can be accelerated.

In the interim, RavnAir Group will continue to work with the Mayor and his staff on special charter flights (weather permitting). At present, RavnAir Group and the City have planned special charters for Wednesday, November 6th, Thursday, November 7th, Friday, November 8th and Monday, November 11th Alaska Airlines has official canceled flights between Anchorage and Unalaska (both ways) through November 15, 2019. 

Alaska Airlines posted this update on their blog on November 4, 2019
(https://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/operations/penair-flight-3296/):

We are extending the cancellation of flights between Anchorage and Dutch Harbor marketed by Alaska Airlines through Nov. 15.  This extra time will allow our guests to make any necessary changes to their travel arrangements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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