Flying high over Alaska: rural air carriers provide a crucial service.
Alaska Business Monthly › Vol. 25 Nbr. 1, January 2009
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Flying high over Alaska: rural air carriers provide a crucial service.
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Taking to the air over rural Alaska is an experience Bob Bursiel still savors, even after more than 40 years. "It's completely different than the Lower 48 where you're flying over towns, crossing over roads and highways," said Bursiel, president and owner of Wright Air Service. "When you take off and go someplace, most of the time you just see the countryside, the natural beauty of the land, 'til you get to where you're going. Most of the time it's a little tiny village with a little runway there. Planes are kind of a lifeline, how they get their groceries and mail. It's their primary mode of travel, because they can't catch a bus, can't drive their car, because there are no roads." Wright Air is one of several charter and scheduled passenger service companies that provide these aerial lifelines for people who live or work in rural areas of Alaska. These companies fly high school athletes to and from compe...See the full content of this document
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