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Regional Affairs

AOPA asks Alaska to study impact of airport lease hikes

By AOPA ePublishing staff

A plan to raise lease rates by more than 50 percent could affect pilots based at Fairbanks and Anchorage airports this summer. AOPA has asked Alaska state officials to study the economic impact of the increase before moving forward and to reconsider a similar step taken earlier this year at rural airports. Read more on AOPA Online.

May 30, 2008