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 F12W24Y114], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of January 10, 2023.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 F16W24Y150], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of September 30 2023,.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
Jul 30, 2018, 12:40 pm
#76
Join Date: Mar 2016
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Flying LAX-OGG in late November. The seat map is currently showing Virgin America configuration for first class. I don't want to pay $1,300 pp if the plane will be reconfigured to a standard, domestic first class. Delta is at $800 pp first class and I'd rather do that if it's going to be an Alaska configuration in first. I was able to secure the lie flats coming home on Hawaiian Airlines with an excellent price of only $623 pp. But the flight over to Maui was rating out at $1,800 pp on Hawaiian Airlines for same reason so figured I'd book something else to Maui (I remember when round trip pricing for Hawaii used to be advantageous, but it appears there is no one-way premium from what I'm seeing).
Nonetheless, question for this forum, do we have any indication when the Virgin ETOP aircraft will be reconfigured? Can I rely on the seat map displaying Virgin configured first class 9 months out?
Nonetheless, question for this forum, do we have any indication when the Virgin ETOP aircraft will be reconfigured? Can I rely on the seat map displaying Virgin configured first class 9 months out?
Earlier this year AS talked about the Airbuses being naturals up and down the west coast and the Boeing better longer range crafts, so it looks like this realignment is going on. The thing is I don't have a problem doing a trancon in VX F, but the AS F is way less than optimal. I would feel the same way about Hawaii.
From now on I will be booking longer flights closer in, and I'll need to be flexible to get an old VX F seat. Or shop somewhere else. I also believe that AS is really going to have a problem competing against DL/AA/UL/Mint on longer flights sooner than later. The rest of the AS package keeps the majority of my business with them, but their medium and long haul F product is a major weakness.
Jul 30, 2018, 12:57 pm
#77
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Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
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IMO they're copping out compared to B6 but B6 is based in NYC where there is a larger market for a subfleet (West Coast-Hawaii is not a great market for premium products, and B6 has better places nearby to use Mint-equipped planes aside from transcons), so it might be legitimate. I don't know the numbers.
Last edited by eponymous_coward; Jul 30, 2018 at 1:05 pm
Aug 5, 2018, 2:33 pm
#78
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: West Hollywood
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Alaska MVP, Delta Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 173
I'm booked on a A320 1/15 SFO-LAX as part of a trip to Japan and this week I got a reissued ticket because the time and seat assignments changed. Went online and lo and behold, it's a retrofitted 320 seating chart with 24 rows of coach. They're really packing the seats into the new configuration.
Aug 5, 2018, 3:17 pm
#79
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: AS MVPG
Posts: 2,209
I'm booked on a A320 1/15 SFO-LAX as part of a trip to Japan and this week I got a reissued ticket because the time and seat assignments changed. Went online and lo and behold, it's a retrofitted 320 seating chart with 24 rows of coach. They're really packing the seats into the new configuration.
Aug 5, 2018, 5:24 pm
#81
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 5,956
I'm booked on a A320 1/15 SFO-LAX as part of a trip to Japan and this week I got a reissued ticket because the time and seat assignments changed. Went online and lo and behold, it's a retrofitted 320 seating chart with 24 rows of coach. They're really packing the seats into the new configuration.
Aug 5, 2018, 5:39 pm
#82
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Anchorage, AK
Programs: CO - Onepass Gold Elite--> UA - MileagePlus Gold Premier--> Silver --> AS - MileagePlan MVPGOLD!
Posts: 735
I'm booked on a A320 1/15 SFO-LAX as part of a trip to Japan and this week I got a reissued ticket because the time and seat assignments changed. Went online and lo and behold, it's a retrofitted 320 seating chart with 24 rows of coach. They're really packing the seats into the new configuration.
They've moved one lavatory into the aft galley, and added three seats.
So. Frankly, that's ZERO difference. A tripple replaced a lav.
Aug 5, 2018, 5:56 pm
#83
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold / Marriott Bonvoy(age) Titanium Elite, IHG Platinum, WN A+/CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 337
They renumbered the rows to allow for equipment swaps. In fact this happens 2nd weekend of November.
Outbound I have 3F. Return on Monday I have 6F. Exactly the same config. 320. VX interior.
Outbound I have 3F. Return on Monday I have 6F. Exactly the same config. 320. VX interior.
Aug 5, 2018, 7:42 pm
#84
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS
Posts: 2,293
They needed row numbering to correspond with 737 seating rows. AS has first row main as row 6. On “old” VX map, row 3 was the first row of MCS. You will notice that it has matched exit row numbers, (16,17) with AS . Row numbers jump from 10-15 on pmVX plane. This may be one reason MVP’s are getting messed with on being charged for exit rows. On AS planes, exit row is available to MVP. On VX, it is Premium and requires an upcharge for MVP. Equipment swap can cause this. If I got switched to exit on VX, I would call in and ask kindly to have premium fee waived.
Aug 5, 2018, 8:09 pm
#85
Join Date: May 2003
Location: SFO, mostly
Posts: 2,204
some of the VX A320s were delivered with one of the aft lavs moved to the galley. There are both 146 and 149 seat versions of the 320 currently flying. Unclear if AS intends to standardize the galleys across the fleet
Aug 22, 2018, 8:12 am
#87
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kirkland, WA
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Posts: 3,657
Aug 22, 2018, 5:13 pm
#88
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS MVP Gold
Posts: 36
Aug 22, 2018, 10:00 pm
#89
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Aug 22, 2018, 10:11 pm
#90
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Between SFO and STS
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How about "2 if by SEA"? "LAXadaisical"? "Juneau How Fast We're Going"? "Anchorage Away"? "SANdy Beaches"? "Chester's ride"? "Motorboat" for a Q400? C'mon!