New Pacific Airlines

The airline also operated inside Alaska under the brand and was the same company as Ravn Alaska until August 2025. Ravn Connect was a separate company but also a subsidiary of FLOAT Alaska.^[3] The airline planned to operate transpacific flights between North America and Asia, with a stopover at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The airline's business model was compared to that of Icelandair,^[4] allowing passengers to either quickly connect to their next flight, or to have a longer multi-day stopover at Anchorage to allow passengers to sightsee in Alaska.^[5]

In October 2022, BNSF filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the airline for using the Northern Pacific name, which was also the name of the Northern Pacific Railroad that stretched from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest and was subsequently merged with BNSF's predecessor, Burlington Northern Railroad.^[6]

The airline received its full FAA authorization to launch flights on July 9, 2023, allowing the airline to launch commercial flights with passengers aboard. Operations commenced on July 14, 2023, with their inaugural flight from Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California, to Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[7]

On August 28, 2023, the airline was issued a preliminary injunction regarding the trademark infringement case from BNSF, ordering the airline to cease use of the Northern Pacific name. While there was an opportunity to appeal the decision, it decided not to and instead opted to rebrand as New Pacific Airlines, after a call for employees to provide suggestions for a new name.^[8] The new name was chosen in order to avoid changing existing branding assets, such as the "N" logo which had been affixed on every seat on board the airline's aircraft and the airline's website domain. While the airline began to use the new name, it had not yet received regulatory approval for the change, which meant that tickets sold still displayed the old Northern Pacific name.^[6]

In April 2024, New Pacific Airlines announced it would end all remaining scheduled flights and focus on charter operations entirely.

On November 26, 2025, in an e-mail to employees, President Thomas Hsieh announced the airline would be ceasing operations that day.^[9] On January 26, 2026, Float Alaska, the parent company of New Pacific Airlines, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing assets between $1 million and $10 million and liabilities between $10 million and $50 million.^[10]

New Pacific Airlines started operations flying between Las Vegas and Ontario due to the ongoing closure of Russian airspace and delays in certification from Korean and Japanese authorities. The airline originally also announced plans to fly to destinations such as Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, New York City and Orlando from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.^[5][11]

The airline previously operated to the following destinations as of March 2024^[update]:

At the time of its closure, New Pacific Airlines operated the following aircraft:^[16]

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