Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan - AS orders 3 more 737s; defers 2 deliveries

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2018500624_alaska23.html

We were hoping to some day get a wide body for those trips to Hawaii....

We were hoping to some day get a wide body for those trips to Hawaii....

Here I was thinking that was a quote from the article ;)

Interesting to see AS deferring orders...but quite a few scheduled to go online in next two years :cool:

soooo they defer 2 and order 3....so they're getting 1? :confused:

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soooo they defer 2 and order 3....so they're getting 1? :confused:

Noo just picking up planes later...

I think deferral may be a bit of a misnomer. It looks like the scheduled delivery changed by a few months, moving from one calendar year to another. For all we know, Boeing could have asked AS to move the deliveries around.

Makes sense....the delivery schedule for late 2012-summer 2013 is pretty heavy. We needed more deliveries in 2014 to support anticipated increased flying in that year. The order for three more a/c plus pushing some back to 2014 balances out the growth through 2014.

We were hoping to some day get a wide body for those trips to Hawaii....

Keep hoping :)

For me, I'd rather fly SEA-DFW-HNL/OGG on AA with the 763 for the US-Hawaii flights in J. Plus, more miles that way too :) Dunno if I can convince my girlfriend of the value of the extra flight time though :rolleyes:

How many aircraft is that? Is that 12 or 15 737-900ER has already on firm orders. Is that 737-800 or 900ER?