Bankrupt Alaska Airline Seeks Bonus for Its Chief Executive

Bankrupt Alaska Airline Seeks Bonus for Its Chief Executive
A Ravn Connect airplane lands at the airstrip in Toksook Bay, Alaska, on Jan 22, 2020. Mark Thiessen/AP Photo
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The largest rural airline in Alaska has declared bankruptcy and laid off more than a thousand workers but wants to award $250,000 in bonus money to its chief executive and other employees.

Anchorage-based RavnAir Group filed the request Tuesday in Delaware bankruptcy court, arguing that the bonuses are justified because of long hours and the hard work that went into selling the company’s assets after it shut down during the coronavirus pandemic, Alaska Public Radio reported.