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Friendship Flight (Alaska Airlines)

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In the late 1980s, a group of Alaska officials, academics, business leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, Native elders, students, and others organized a “friendship flight” from Nome, Alaska to Provideniya in Russia’s Chukotka region.[1] It was a singular flight operated by Alaska Airlines on June 13, 1988. There were 82 passengers on board and the flight lasted 45 minutes.[2][1]

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  1. ^ a b "Cold War thaw began with a 'friendship flight' over Bering Strait". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Alaska Airlines begins Soviet flights". upi.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.