Published: May 15th, 2008 09:01 AM
Last Modified: May 15th, 2008 09:02 AM
JUNEAU - Alaska Airlines has apologized to the Juneau International Airport Board for a letter asking the airport manager to delay plans to expand the terminal.
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Mookie Patel, airport affairs manager for Alaska Airlines, apologized to the board Wednesday.
He said his May 5 letter stemmed from "unprecedented" economic pressures on airlines as oil remains above $100 per barrel.
In the letter, Patel also told the Juneau board to conduct a budget review to find money to pay for energy cost increases, without passing it on to tenants of the city-owned airport.
Patel backed away from the letter Wednesday. He says Alaska Airlines is actually supportive of plans to expand and update the airport.
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