Local air carrier adopts new tech with aim to make travel in Southeast Alaska safer, more reliable

An airplane equipped with instruments to allow for flight in cloudy conditions is ready for passengers at the Haines airport on May 2, 2024. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon)
The air was clear and smooth over the Lynn Canal between Juneau and Haines on Thursday, so there was no need to use the new technology installed in the Cessna Grand Caravan’s instrument panel. But when the clouds roll in, as they are forecasted to do next week, the updated avionics will allow pilots to fly this