Reckoning routes.

• Position: Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. drops Anchorage flights

Reckoning Routes. Korean Air, one of Anchorage International Airport's largest users, has decided to bypass Alaska with all passenger flights between Korea and Europe, flying instead over the Soviet Union. The change means a loss of 72 flights a month to the airport. Korean Air passenger flights between Asia and North America continue to stop in Anchorage, as do its cargo flights to North America and Europe.

The reduction of Korean Air passenger traffic will divert business from the international terminal's duty-free shop. Concession fees paid by the operator, Duty Free Shoppers Ltd., are the largest single source of revenue for the airport system. Other airport revenue will decline as well. Mark Butler, marketing manager of the Alaska International Airport System, says, "Landing fee and fuel surcharge revenues for the airport are expected to drop by approximately $1 million a year as a result of those lost flights."

Although Anchorage was expected to...