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New airline flights to Alaska may lower fares

Posted 02 9 2010 6:30AM

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Travel industry officials say more airline flights to this summer may boost competition and result in lower fares to some Lower 48 cities.

says Continental, United and all plan to add daily nonstop service between and , , and . From Fairbanks, Delta plans a new flight to and Frontier adds a flight to Denver. trip to Denver and Salt Lake City. No flights are being added, however, to , a major transfer hub for Alaskans.

Industry officials say the added competition should drop as the new flights are added in May and June.

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