01.03.06
Russia Jet Direct looks to Relaunch as Saber Air
If a business plan is approved direct charter jet flights from Anchorage to Yuzno-Sakhalinsk, Russia may start happening as early as April, 2006.
“We have a team in place and are ready to go,” said Sabrina Ford, president of Saber Air.
Saber Air is proposing to fly Boeing 757-200 long-range jets as a secondary airline offering service from Houston to Anchorage and on to Yuzno-Sakhalinsk. The Russian destination, on Sakhalin Island, is the location of booming oil and gas development, in which several U.S. companies have a stake.
“I left a teaching position in Spain to return to Alaska to help get this launched,” said Phil Bray, chief operations officer for Saber Air. “That shows you my commitment to serve Alaska and Russia with a viable airline.”
Russia Jet Direct ceased operations in September 2005 after a start-up in August.
Waiting for Santa to slide down the chimney with papers, Bray indicated that a deal was close to closing for the funding shortly before the Christmas holiday.
