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"Taquan Air spreads its wings. (Alaska)". Entrepreneur reprint of Alaska Business Monthly. July 1997. Retrieved February 25, 2011. ...second only to Anchorage's Era Aviation in terms of passenger count for small, scheduled air-carriers...
"ABM 1997". Anchorage: Alaska Business Monthly. 2004. Retrieved February 24, 2011. September 1997 COVER: 1997 NATIVE CORP REVIEW - Matthew Nikolai, Calista Corp., Will May, Tanana Chiefs, Jerry Scudero, Taquan Air pictured on the cover
Nicole A. Bonham, dateline Ketchikan (March 1998). "New commuter airline for southeast". Alaska Business Monthly. Entrepreneur.com reprint. Retrieved February 25, 2011. Altogether, Taquan Air is considered the world's largest floatplane operator.
Ketchikan(AP) (August 12, 1998). "Review finds no obvious problems in fatal crash". Juneau Empire. Juneau Alaska, Morris DigitalWorks & Morris Communications Corporation. Retrieved 4 March 2011. The company said it was the first fatal accident involving a passenger in 21 years.
Mike Rogoway (July 16, 1998). "New CEO chosen for Kootznoowoo, Inc". Juneau Empire. Juneau Alaska, Morris DigitalWorks & Morris Communications Corporation. Retrieved 4 March 2011. Declining timber sales, from a depressed market and depleted timber on Kootznoowoo's lands, have caused a precipitous decline in the corporation's fortunes.
Mike Rogoway (October 13, 1998). "25 years of Kootznoowoo". Juneau Empire. Juneau Alaska, Morris DigitalWorks & Morris Communications Corporation. Retrieved 3 March 2011. Smith told shareholders the current downturn in the timber market comes at a particularly bad time for Kootznoowoo. It means there is less capital available for new investments..."We have already distributed most of our wealth from timber," Smith said...The recent decline in the fish market has left Angoon's economy in tatters...
Mike Rogoway (June 9, 1998). "Tightening the belt". Juneau Empire. Juneau Alaska, Morris DigitalWorks & Morris Communications Corporation. Retrieved 3 March 2011. ...the timber market is poor right now...Jack Phelps, executive director of the Alaska Forest Association...transportation companies..have...been hurt by the village corporations' downturn...The effect is very widespread," Phelps said.
Timothy Inklebarger, Associated Press (July 26, 2005). "Treetop excursion zips tourists through Alaska's forest canopy". USA Today. Gannett Co. Inc. Retrieved 7 March 2011. Ketchikan economist Kent Miller said jobs in the wood products industry have dropped from 903 in 1996 to 139 in 2004.
Paysha Stockton and Kristan Hutchison (February 14, 1999). "AirOne closes up shop after eight months in Southeast". Juneau Empire. Juneau Alaska, Morris DigitalWorks & Morris Communications Corporation. Retrieved 3 March 2011. '...traffic has gone well below the traffic we projected for the fall and winter season,' Laurance said...Profits were solid when service began last June...
Svend Holst (November 3, 1999). "Kootznoowoo buys other half of Taquan Air". Juneau Empire. Juneau Alaska, Morris DigitalWorks & Morris Communications Corporation. Retrieved 3 March 2011. The board of directors of Kootznoowoo Inc. decided to buy the second half of Taquan Air Service, a company the corporation half owned since 1997.
Joanna Markell (May 27, 2001). "Goldbelt struggling, but making progress". Juneau Empire. Juneau Alaska, Morris DigitalWorks & Morris Communications Corporation. Retrieved 3 March 2011. Alaska Cruises: The Ketchikan-based tour company experienced difficulties in 2000 after a good 1999 season because of Taquan Air's bankruptcy.
Staff (February 18, 2000). "Sale likely, air service chief says (snippet)". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 7 March 2011. ...lodge owners and cruise lines are looking for other ways to transport their clients after the virtual shutdown of Ketchikan's largest local air carrier.
"Top 40 under 40: Brien Salazar". AllBusiness, a subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet, republication of Alaska Journal of Commerce. November 24, 2002. Retrieved February 26, 2011. Salazar grew up in his family's aviation business, Ketchikan Air, which operated for more than three decades.
"Keynote speakers rich in knowledge, history". Alaska Journal of Commerce. February 12, 2006. Retrieved February 26, 2011. <Michael Salazar, father of Brien Salazar was> president of Ketchikan Air Service Inc. from 1969-1997...
"Annual SBA award". Alaska Business Monthly, Vol. 6 Nbr. 10,. TheFreeLibrary.com reprint, originally published by Alaska Business Publishing Company, Inc. October 1990. Retrieved 1 March 2011. Frank Cox, SBA's Alaska director, says Taquan air's founder was selected on the basis of his company's growth and development.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
Richard Harding (Winter 2010). "Safety is not a four-letter word" (PDF). Medallion Foundation newsletter. Anchorage: Medallion Foundation. Retrieved 2 March 2011. <Sen Stevens> was the one that convinced congress to provide funding for our Medallion Foundation
Rob Stapleton, Anchorage Aviation Community Examiner (designated blogger) (August 15, 2010). "Stevens flight an irony of errors?". Clarity Digital Group LLC d/b/a Examiner.com. Retrieved 2 March 2011. Stevens was a decorated C-46, C-47 pilot during the WWII, who recently got his float rating...
"Stories in the news. Taquan Air Recognized". SitNews, Stories In The News. Ketchikan: sitnews.us. August 31, 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2011. Senator Stevens (left) and FAA Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell (right) present the Medallion Shield to Taquan Air president and CEO Brien Salazar. Photograph courtesy Alaska Air Carriers Association.
Ed Readicker-Henderson; Lynn Readicker-Henderson (15 November 2005). Adventure guide Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 167. ISBN9781588435156. Retrieved 26 February 2011. Misty Fjords Flightseeing, run by Taquan Air...has been running trips into Misty forever.
Matt Hannafin; Heidi Sarna (October 20, 2009). Frommer's Cruises and Ports of Call 2010. Frommer's. p. 599. ISBN9780470497357. Retrieved February 27, 2011. Everyone gets a window seat aboard the floatplanes that run these flightseeing jaunts over mysterious, primordial Misty Fjords National Monument...