Senate committee gets report on airport activities
from the Alaska Journal of Commerce: The global recession has not affected passenger traffic to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport quite as badly as some Lower 48 airports, but the downturn has hit the state’s cargo business, the Alaska deputy commissioner said.
Cargo traffic saw a 26 percent decline, in part due to volcanic activity last spring, but also because of the downturn in the global economy, said Christine Klein, the state’s deputy commissioner of aviation and acting director of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
Passenger traffic was off, primarily due to reductions in cruise ship traffic, she said.
Klein spoke to legislators at a Senate Transportation Committee hearing held in Anchorage Sept. 26.
Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, had asked for the hearing after receiving complaints from the public about airport construction along Raspberry Road. Hollis had a family emergency, and did not attend the hearing.
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