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DIRECTORY
Airline Carriers
Alaska Airlines
Tel (800) 252-7522.
∑ alaskaair.com
American Airlines
Tel (800) 433-7300.
∑ aa.com
Bering Air
Tel (800) 478-5422.
∑ beringair.com
Condor
Floatplane taking off to tour remote corners of Alaska Tel (866) 960-7915.
∑ condor.com
Most terminals also offer compete with each other, and
facilities for the disabled. it pays to compare and book Delta
early to get the cheapest fares, Tel (800) 221-1212.
especially during the busy ∑ delta.com
Internal Flights
summer season. Although Frontier
In addition to the numerous several websites do offer Tel (800) 432-1359.
Alaska Airlines services, sev eral bargains on last-minute ∑ frontierairlines.com
domestic airlines offer conve- bookings, direct flights to the
nient, if occasionally somewhat US and Alaska usually need Grant Aviation
expensive, ser vices. Ravn Alaska to be booked in advance. Tel (888) 359-4726.
(formed by a merger between Online agents such as ∑ flygrant.com
Era Alaska and Arctic Circle Air) Kayak, Orbitz, and Travelzoo Iceland Air
flies throughout the state, inc- usually provide the most Tel (800) 223-5500.
luding from Anchorage and economical tickets. They ∑ icelandair.com
Fairbanks to Prince William offer a choice of flights and
Sound, Kenai, Peninsula, Kodiak, itineraries for a range of fares, Jet Blue
and Western Alaska. PenAir flies including bargain options. Tel (800) 538-2583.
to a host of destinations on These flights can prove ∑ jetblue.com
the Alaska Peninsula and the expensive to exchange. PenAir
Aleutian Islands, including the Therefore, it is advisable to Tel (800) 448-4226.
Pribilof Islands. Bering Air provide for trip changes or ∑ penair.com
accesses tiny places in Western cancellations with a travel
Alaska from Nome and Kotzebue, insurance policy, usually Ravn Alaska
and also operates charter flights purchased at the time of Tel 248-4422, (800) 866-8394.
to the Russian Far East. Grant booking. These can be ∑ flyravn.com
Aviation does daily runs clubbed with bargain car United Airlines
between Southwest Alaska, rentals and hotel bookings. Tel (800) 864-8331.
Anchorage, Homer, and Bethel. Travel agents may also be ∑ united.com
Wings of Alaska serves the able to offer special deals to
Southeast, and Warbelow’s Air visitors who book rental cars, Warbelow’s Air Ventures
Ventures links the northern accommodation, and domestic Tel 474-0518, (888) 459-6250.
outposts of the state. flights in addition to their ∑ warbelows.com
Alaska also has a host of international ticket. Wings of Alaska
charter airlines which can take Tel 697-2201, (800) 789-9464.
passengers to just about any Baggage Restrictions ∑ wingsofalaska.com
airport or airstrip in the state, as
well as bush airlines (see p264) Most airlines now charge for Online Agencies
that land fly-in hun ters, anglers, checked bags, but allow carry-
river runners, or hikers on ons consisting of one piece of Kayak
remote lakes, rivers, gla ciers, hand luggage and a small ∑ kayak.com
or gravel bars. handbag. On smaller domestic Orbitz
airlines, flightseeing trips, and
bush flights, only one piece of ∑ orbitz.com
Air Fares hand luggage is accepted and Travelzoo
There is a vast array of fare types the weight of checked bag gage ∑ travelzoo.com
and prices available for travel to may be limited to as lit tle as
and around Alaska. Airlines 20 lb (9 kg) per person.

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