Once-a-week air service has been re-established between Anchorage, Alaska, and Petropavlovsk on
Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. But don't get too excited. This development will be of more use to anglers than it will be to hunters.
You may recall that hunters headed to Kamchatka for spring bear, moose, and sheep and fall bear hunts were previously able to fly from Anchorage across the Bering Sea to Petropavlovsk until Magadan Airlines simply stopped flying this route during the 2007 hunting season. Since then, a number of Russian airlines announced they would fly the route, but none of them ever did. Now it seems Yakutia Airlines will be operating weekly flights from July 12 to September 13, which is perfect for the fishing season there but not for the hunting seasons.....
