Fewer Alaskan Cruise Passengers Mean Fewer Airline Passengers

The one way cruises to or from Alaska are particularly hard hit in the downturn in the Alaskan cruise market. Those passengers typically tour in Alaska before or after their cruise and many of them therefore fly into or out of Fairbanks to start or end their vacation. The lower number of people doing this is translating into fewer airline passengers, so the Fairbanks News Miner reports Delta Airlines has eliminated their daily flight between Fairbanks and Delta's hub in Salt Lake City.