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North Slope Borough, bankrupt airline reach deal allowing alternate carriers access to facilities

The borough had originally threatened to seize Ravn's Arctic facilities to ensure air access could be maintained to its remote communities.

By Yereth Rosen April 15, 2020
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The municipal government covering a vast stretch of Arctic Alaska has struck a deal to lease facilities from the bankrupt airline that, until it abruptly grounded its planes, was the largest Alaska-based carrier and a dominant transportation link for the rural parts of the state.

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