<P> In the 1990s, Alaska Airlines and Aeroflot operated service from Anchorage to several destinations in the Russian Far East, including Khabarovsk, Magadan, Petropavlovsk, Vladivostok and Yuzhno - Sakhalinsk . Alaska Airlines pulled out of these markets in 1998 due to insufficient demand, while the Aeroflot services were primarily intended as technical stops en route to Seattle and San Francisco and were cancelled once newer aircraft and nonstop rights became available . Reeve Aleutian Airways, Dalavia and MAVIAL Magadan Airlines also offered service between Anchorage and the Russian Far East at various times, catering to Kamchatka oil exploration and other niche markets . </P> <P> The airport was renamed in 2000 by the Alaska Legislature to honor then long - standing U.S. Senator Ted Stevens . </P> <P> Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport's passenger traffic hovered around the five million mark between 1998 and 2008, apart from in 2002 when the airport suffered a 13% drop in traffic . Fairbanks and Juneau are the next busiest airports though neither managed more than half a million passengers last year . Anchorage traffic peaks in June, July and August when passenger numbers are twice as high as between October and April . Most major U.S. passenger carriers serve ANC, with the majority of passenger flight operations by Alaska Airlines to and from Seattle (an average of 20 flights per day) and Fairbanks (an average of 13 flights per day). </P> <P> Anchorage is also envisioned as a future connecting point for air traffic to the Russian Far East . During the summer season 2008, there was one weekly flight to Russia by Vladivostok Air . Yakutia Airlines resumed summer seasonal service to Russia in 2012 . Many of Alaska's North Slope workers live either in Anchorage or elsewhere in the Lower 48 states and fly through the airport to their jobs in Prudhoe Bay . </P>

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