Oct 11, 2017, 11:39 am
Last edit by: isaacchambers
All Airbus operations have now ended with Alaska Airlines.
This Wiki will be updated periodically with status of former frames with new owners or sadly scrapped.
Summary of Reconfiguration Project: (see below for specific breakdown by aircraft tail number)
This Wiki will be updated periodically with status of former frames with new owners or sadly scrapped.
Summary of Reconfiguration Project: (see below for specific breakdown by aircraft tail number)
- 319 - None were reconfigured due to pandemic and subsequent fleet withdrawal. All were scrapped / transferred as of June 17, 2022.
- 320 - All but 7 aircraft were reconfigured. [F8W12Y126 -> F12W24Y114], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of January 10, 2023.
- 321neo - All were reconfigured (7 total, 3 delivered in the new interior from Airbus, completed as of January 3, 2020). [F8W18Y159 -> F16W24Y150], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of September 30 2023,.
- All aircraft were repainted into AS livery being complete on June 2, 2019.
Legend:
Bold indicates aircraft has been reconfigured
Airbus A319 - ALL TRANSFERRED/SCRAPPED
N521VA 521 (let there be flight) [MZJ 09/18/21 - scrapped]
N522VA 522 (the 1-year old virgin) [MZJ 10/28/21 - scrapped, you can purchase planetags of this aircraft]
N523VA 523 (contents may be under pressure) [MZJ 03/08/2022 - scrapped]
N524VA 524 (dark horse) [MCI 6/9/2022 - scrapped]
N525VA 525 (virgin & tonic) [P08 - 3/17/2022 - scrapped]
N526VA 526 (jane) [P08 - 12/13/2022 - scrapped]
N527VA 527 (tubular belle) [P08 - 06/27/2023 - scrapped]]
N528VA 528 (fog cutter) [ transferred to Braathens Interantional Airways SE-RGC]
N529VA 529 (moodlights, camera, action) [P08 - 10/21/2022 - scrapped]
N530VA 530 (gogo dancer) [MCI 6/17/2022 - scrapped]
Airbus A320 - [12 - 320s stored/awaiting to be transferred to other operators]
N361VA 361 (jersey girl) [stored GSO - 1/11/2023]
N362VA 362 (spotifly) [stored OAK 7/29, sold to ALC Feb 2021, ferried to PAE 04/29/22, transferred to Allegiant]
N363VA 363 (sky surfer) [stored OAK 8/6, sold to ALC Feb 2021, transferred to Allegiant]
N364VA 364 (lady boss) [stored GSO 4/28/2022, transferred to Allegiant]
N365VA 365 (airbnb force one) [stored GSO 3/21, sold to ALC Feb 2021, transferred to Allegiant]
N621VA 621 (air colbert) [returned to lessor GSO 11/20 - to Volotea Airlines as EC-NNZ 1/21]
N622VA 622 (california dreaming)[stored GSO 7/8 - Lease return to VCV 3/8/21 - to Allegiant 3/23/21]
Bold indicates aircraft has been reconfigured
Airbus A319 - ALL TRANSFERRED/SCRAPPED
Airbus A320 - [12 - 320s stored/awaiting to be transferred to other operators]
N629VA 629 (midnight ride) [stored AMA, 12/27/2023]
Airbus A320 ETOPS - All Transferred to Allegiant
Airbus A321NEO - All Transferred to American Airlines
Airbus A319/20/21N Reconfiguration/Retirements Tracking Thread
Dec 31, 2018, 8:31 am
#211
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A little late to the discussion, but thought I'd chime is as longtime Continental / Alaska and later United and merged United flyer.
Yes, UA did like to swap planes, including CR7 to CR2, where one time my CR7 exit row turned into nonreclining seat next to lav on CR2 
One of few things (besides combined lifetime miles all of sudden being north of 800K miles) that "you are going to like" was renumbering of ALL planes shortly after merger (CR2 was excluded) to bulkhead as #7 and exit rows to 20 and 21 (some numbers were obviously skipped due to fewer seats on some models). This very simple shift made the life of a lot of people much better.
That is always a problem, especially with last minute aircraft changes. Recall sitting in bulkhead next to a couple who got upgraded to last row of FC only to lose their seat at last minute to a swap - lucky for them UA had a couple of bulkhead seats left at boarding, otherwise they would have been sitting somewhere in coach instead of at least Economy Plus seat.
Amazing how seemingly little things make for a more pleasant experience for pax with status and reducing headaches for employees @:-) ^
One of few things (besides combined lifetime miles all of sudden being north of 800K miles) that "you are going to like" was renumbering of ALL planes shortly after merger (CR2 was excluded) to bulkhead as #7 and exit rows to 20 and 21 (some numbers were obviously skipped due to fewer seats on some models). This very simple shift made the life of a lot of people much better.
Piggy-backing off of what @dmodemd said, though this might be a new issue for AS, isn't this something that VX has had to deal with since delivery of their first A319? The standardized numbering system is a good idea, generally, but no matter how good or bad the seat map system or the software (clearly, Alaska's is lacking here), the challenges of swapping from an aircraft with more premium/extra seats to fewer are always going to fundamentally the same. Similar to when a 739 with a full F cabin is swapped with a 738. The folks in row 4 have to go somewhere when the new plane doesn't have a row 4.
Amazing how seemingly little things make for a more pleasant experience for pax with status and reducing headaches for employees @:-) ^
Dec 31, 2018, 3:54 pm
#213
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Dec 31, 2018, 4:15 pm
#214
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Did VX (publicly) name all of their planes, and those are the names listed in the wiki? Or did FTers just name them for fun here? Or am I just completely misunderstanding what those are and they aren't names?!
Dec 31, 2018, 4:24 pm
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Dec 31, 2018, 4:33 pm
#216
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Personally i have a special place for #nerdbird and an airplane named desire.....both of which i have flown the most on.
Dec 31, 2018, 4:42 pm
#217
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It actually makes sense over the rest of the fleet to focus on the 319s.
Net add of premium seats:
319 +16 (+4F/12W) (overall +1 seat)
320 +10 (+4F/6W) (overall +4/1 seat depending on config)
321 +14 (+8F/6W) (overall +5 seats)
The 319 can add a lot of premium revenue seats with the new configuration compared to the 320 and 321. The 321s are pretty new....so i would imagine the focus could be the 319s then older 320s.....
Jan 6, 2019, 10:16 am
#218
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Any insight?
N837VA - AS 1100 yesterday....return AS1101 was cancelled.
Then ferried BNA >> BUF at midnight...then BUF>>BOS in the middle of the night.
Now it says a ferry flight BOS >> LAX today....
If there were issues...shouldnt it have been ferried back to the west coast instead or even GSO?
N837VA - AS 1100 yesterday....return AS1101 was cancelled.
Then ferried BNA >> BUF at midnight...then BUF>>BOS in the middle of the night.
Now it says a ferry flight BOS >> LAX today....
If there were issues...shouldnt it have been ferried back to the west coast instead or even GSO?
Jan 7, 2019, 12:51 pm
#220
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Yea it was a rescue flight for N854VA which had to divert to BUF.....picked up the pax and brought them back to BOS...then flew yesterday afternoon/evening as AS9204 with stranded pax.
N854VA is still in BUF.....
N854VA is still in BUF.....
Jan 7, 2019, 8:10 pm
#221
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Any insight?
N837VA - AS 1100 yesterday....return AS1101 was cancelled.
Then ferried BNA >> BUF at midnight...then BUF>>BOS in the middle of the night.
Now it says a ferry flight BOS >> LAX today....
If there were issues...shouldnt it have been ferried back to the west coast instead or even GSO?
N837VA - AS 1100 yesterday....return AS1101 was cancelled.
Then ferried BNA >> BUF at midnight...then BUF>>BOS in the middle of the night.
Now it says a ferry flight BOS >> LAX today....
If there were issues...shouldnt it have been ferried back to the west coast instead or even GSO?
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...or-passengers/
Jan 8, 2019, 1:23 am
#222
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Guess it is good that AS is removing the IFE after all 
Jan 8, 2019, 10:22 am
#223
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Not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere, but the Airbii after-retrofit seat maps are now posted on the AS website: Airbus Aircraft.
Jan 9, 2019, 5:27 pm
#224
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AS is running 3 planes through repaint at the moment, with the A319s having started as well. 628 should have come out of paint on Monday but is but is showing flights scheduled for the 11th, so it should be out shortly. Given the extra days in paint I'm wondering if a special livery was done (More to Love?) to coincide with the new interior. Meanwhile, 842 exits paint tomorrow and 629 enters.
Jan 9, 2019, 8:34 pm
#225
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AS is running 3 planes through repaint at the moment, with the A319s having started as well. 628 should have come out of paint on Monday but is but is showing flights scheduled for the 11th, so it should be out shortly. Given the extra days in paint I'm wondering if a special livery was done (More to Love?) to coincide with the new interior. Meanwhile, 842 exits paint tomorrow and 629 enters.