INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS.

ANC

More than 5.6 million passengers traveled in and out of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) in 2018. The airport also saw 2.79 million tonnes of air cargo during 2018. Almost 85,000 additional passengers, a 3.1 percent increase compared to the previous year, passed through the gateway of Alaska. Most of the increase can be attributed to a robust tourism industry. Last year airlines boosted their flight frequency, used larger aircraft, or both, to accommodate the increased demand.

Anchorage, the world's fifth busiest air cargo airport, also saw solid growth in its air cargo numbers. Air cargo grew by 2.52 percent to 2.79 million tonnes. dot.state.ak.us/anc

Thrively Digital

Enterprising Women magazine named Anchorage business owner Kristen Fowler Lindsey a winner of its 2019 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards. Lindsey is an industry veteran with nearly twenty-five years of technology marketing experience and is president and owner of Thrively Digital. Lindsey is the only honoree from Alaska, with other award recipients including women from the United States, Canada, India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Turkey, Germany, and Switzerland. thriveiydigitai.com

ISER

According to the 16th annual construction forecast prepared by Scott Goldsmith for the Associated General Contractors of Alaska, construction spending in Alaska this year will be around $72 billion, up 10 percent from last year. Excluding an estimated $200 million in spending attributable to the 2018 earthquake, spending will be $7 billion, up 8 percent from last year. The spike in spending is primarily due to an increase in petroleum spending which will grow 13 percent to $2.7 billion and national defense spending which will also grow 13 percent to $700 million. Although most other sectors will also see increases, their growth will be modest, partially due to the continuing recession and uncertainty surrounding the resolution of the state revenue shortfall. iseralaska.org/publications/?id=1738

Trilogy Metals

Trilogy Metals announced a new regional exploration budget of $2 million, which is in addition to the previously announced 2019 programs and budgets of $16.2 million, increasing the exploration budget at the company's Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects located in the Ambler Mining District of Northwest Alaska for 2019 to $18.2 million. trilogymetals.com

Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority

During their regular meeting in January 2019 in Juneau...