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 F12W24Y114], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of January 10, 2023.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 F16W24Y150], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of September 30 2023,.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
Apr 7, 2021, 10:59 am
#841
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N640VA was sent to OAK yesterday
N633VA was trying to get to SEA yesterday but diverted back to SFO twice.
i checked the other stored - no additional movements
N633VA was trying to get to SEA yesterday but diverted back to SFO twice.
i checked the other stored - no additional movements
Apr 24, 2021, 10:41 am
#843
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N623VA is now at SAT as of 4/14
N624VA is no at AMA as of 4/17
N636VA is now at OAK as of 12./14
N843VA is at SAT as o f4/18 - MX?
OAK spotting should be a good display of AS 320s at the moment.....and they say they dont have aircraft for OAK hawaii ops!
all 321s are active and out of MX
no change in 319s - although an N523VA flight history is weird that it was shown in glendale AZ.....
thats the full update as of this AM.....
N624VA is no at AMA as of 4/17
N636VA is now at OAK as of 12./14
N843VA is at SAT as o f4/18 - MX?
OAK spotting should be a good display of AS 320s at the moment.....and they say they dont have aircraft for OAK hawaii ops!
all 321s are active and out of MX
no change in 319s - although an N523VA flight history is weird that it was shown in glendale AZ.....
thats the full update as of this AM.....
Apr 26, 2021, 12:00 pm
#844
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Apr 26, 2021, 12:13 pm
#845
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The stored aircraft are essentially sitting to run out thier leases.....nothing more sadly - there isnt enough demand still to bring all the airbuses back (even the 737 fleet utilization is still lower than normal). There are some there as "active storage" to replace MX 320s in service but thats it.....
Apr 26, 2021, 12:13 pm
#846
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I might imagine that AS has limited which stations have Airbus maintenance capability as a means of managing costs, and they only schedule service to those stations. For storage they don't restrict it. At least that is what I would assume.
Apr 26, 2021, 12:16 pm
#847
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OAK is convenient to SFO - if the MX people need to get there to prepare 320s to bring to SFO - just give them a BART ticket to get there....(most likely they drive anyway - you need to get to the 320s in storage anyway).
May 11, 2021, 3:06 pm
#848
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Now knowing A320 and the limited oven problem will soon be gone, can we have a timeline for the return of inflight hot meal food for purchase?! Somehow, I've got a feeling, the answer is NO.
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May 11, 2021, 3:37 pm
#849
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Do the a321s have a rear oven? Those airplanes aren’t going anywhere, and previously Alaska said they wanted a consistent meal offering experience regardless of aircraft type.
May 12, 2021, 6:51 am
#850
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Location: DCA
Posts: 170
The A321s have been cycling through maintenance visits over the last several months, so maybe they are getting ovens installed as well. Given that they will be the fleet until 2029, that would allow for a consistent onboard experience once all the A320s are gone.
Jul 18, 2021, 10:04 am
#851
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Interesting that according to weebly - a few N6 and N3 series airbus are coming back into service.....they have been previously slated to be out of the fleet.....
N638VA is coming back to service
N364VA is coming back to service
N638VA is coming back to service
N364VA is coming back to service
Sep 3, 2021, 9:31 pm
#852
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Updated fleet estimates from AS - updated wiki.
An additional 3 frames will be back into service - not sure what ones suspect it will be the later N6 series as the other N3 series arent reconfigured. Perhaps the one etops frame may come back....we will see.
Also 320 retirement pushed a year - to end of 2023.
An additional 3 frames will be back into service - not sure what ones suspect it will be the later N6 series as the other N3 series arent reconfigured. Perhaps the one etops frame may come back....we will see.
Also 320 retirement pushed a year - to end of 2023.
Sep 15, 2021, 11:21 am
#854
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Location: SFO, mostly
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