Ravn Alaska/New Pacific
A Ravn Alaska Dash 8 on a wet ramp at Homer Airport. Photo: F/O Stefan Arnone (Ravn Alaska)
At A Glance
Pilots joined ALPA: 2022
Number of pilots: 52
Pilot bases: Anchorage, Alaska, and home-based.
Hubs/key markets: New Pacific operates Ravn Alaska across Alaska and flies charters for Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, and others both domestically and internationally.
Headquarters: Anchorage, Alaska
Operations: New Pacific exclusively flies charter operations using its B-757s. It also operates charters and scheduled service under the Ravn Alaska brand to six destinations in Alaska: Anchorage, Homer, St. Mary’s, St. Paul Island, Unalakleet, and Valdez.
Fleet: 5 Dash 8-100s, 1 Dash 8-300, and 3 B-757-200s
Since joining ALPA in 2022, Ravn Alaska/New Pacific Airlines (NPA) pilots have faced a blizzard of corporate changes. New pilot volunteers are poised to take leadership as ALPA seeks to close the pilots’ first collective bargaining agreement in 2025.
In 2024, high attrition led to the pilot group being placed into custodianship in January, followed by February layoffs of nearly a third of NPA staff. Building on its seven tentative agreements, ALPA passed a full opening contract proposal in March but paused talks to allow NPA to stabilize.
Over the year, ALPA held some successful pilot unity-building events in Anchorage, Alaska, while NPA announced ownership deals and lease arrangements with other companies, replaced its CEO, unloaded two of its seven Dash 8 turboprops, and cut its Alaska destinations down to six. The B-757 scheduled-service operation was converted into a VIP charter business, which added a third aircraft to the fleet and saw an increase in hiring.
The pilot group looks forward to renewed engagement with management in 2025. New pilots—some coming from carriers with ALPA pilots—are joining the volunteer ranks, and there are hopes that in 2025 the pilots can elect a new Master Executive Council (MEC), leave custodianship, and resume full negotiations on their first contract.
