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 F12W24Y114], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of January 10, 2023.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 F16W24Y150], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of September 30 2023,.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
Feb 28, 2019, 12:41 pm
#317
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 490
In the first video, look carefully. You’ll notice four rows of First Class seats. The A320s (and eventually the A319s) only have three rows. In the second video, that is of an A320 (N628VA). The first video has footage of N928VA, the A321neo with the new interior. Again, not much for the latter.
yes, you’re right! My bad!
Feb 28, 2019, 2:38 pm
#319
Join Date: May 2013
Location: SEA
Programs: AS MVP Gold 100K
Posts: 2,030
Having a very small fleet of aircraft with five first class rows would be a disaster waiting to happen. There would be endless complaints whenever there is a plane swap.
Feb 28, 2019, 8:19 pm
#321
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 490
true, although I think one could argue the -900 fleet could easily pull off 20 as well in line with United and Delta.
Mar 2, 2019, 7:24 am
#323
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold / Marriott Bonvoy(age) Titanium Elite, IHG Platinum, WN A+/CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 337
RIP pineapple express...so many great flights together.....
once "an airplane named desire" goes in for paint....ill just be inconsolable! LOL! ;-)
Mar 4, 2019, 2:12 am
#324
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AS, AA, BA, SQ
Posts: 164
Generally legacy VX painted birds were in for heavy maintenance. I generally feel most AS painted airbuses now going in will be for cabin mods and maintenance. The problem is VX deferred everything once the merger was announced so the airbuses are in for some TLC in general (cant come too soon as i flew N633VA this week....the cabins are very worn and needing some refurbishment).
RIP pineapple express...so many great flights together.....
once "an airplane named desire" goes in for paint....ill just be inconsolable! LOL! ;-)
RIP pineapple express...so many great flights together.....
once "an airplane named desire" goes in for paint....ill just be inconsolable! LOL! ;-)
Mar 4, 2019, 9:54 am
#325
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 1,445
N628VA went in as a VX painted bird, left with the new configuration, and stopped at VCV on the way back for a new coat of paint. I believe it is being done with HMV, but can't tell yet based off of the three examples we've seen. If I were to guess, I'd say the 321's would be the first to get the mods (increased seat count), then the N6XXVA birds going into maintenance, the N8 & 2 & 3XXVA ones, and finally the 319's. The different cabin configs might impact this (146pax vs 149pax), but it makes sense to do it fleet type at a time and start with the ones which will increase in seat count significantly.
Mar 4, 2019, 10:26 am
#326
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: AS, UA, WN, IHG Diamond Elite, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Gold, CET 7*
Posts: 3,300
Ditto. Heck, even the F seats on those birds still work! The 321s are the best frames in the fleet.
Mar 6, 2019, 12:31 am
#327
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: LAX, BOS, and Seat 1A
Programs: DL Plat, VS Gold, UA Plat, VX Gold (RIP), AS MVP 75K, Starriot Plat, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 387
Alaska cant get anything right. ... were you thinking? You seriously were expecting working WiFi?
MegaBus for you from now on.
Mar 6, 2019, 4:58 pm
#328
Join Date: May 2003
Location: SFO, mostly
Posts: 2,204
I really held out hope that AS might use the A321s as a dedicated premium transcon fleet for routes like lax/sfo-dca and lax/sfo-jfk. The F and Y seats on the VX A321NEO are my favorite of any AS aircraft. But every indication from AS publicly has been that they want one consistent product fleet-wide. I just think as an airline grows, the one size fits all model runs into hurdles when you have very different types of routes with very different customer profiles.
Mar 6, 2019, 5:29 pm
#329
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Near SEA
Programs: UA MM, AS MVPG75K, Marriott Lifetime Gold
Posts: 7,969
I really held out hope that AS might use the A321s as a dedicated premium transcon fleet for routes like lax/sfo-dca and lax/sfo-jfk. The F and Y seats on the VX A321NEO are my favorite of any AS aircraft. But every indication from AS publicly has been that they want one consistent product fleet-wide. I just think as an airline grows, the one size fits all model runs into hurdles when you have very different types of routes with very different customer profiles.
Alaska doesn't need to chase the SFO/LAX/SEA to NYC/DC routes with a differentiated product any more than any other route.
Last edited by bmvaughn; Mar 6, 2019 at 5:34 pm Reason: 737-400C note
Mar 8, 2019, 2:56 pm
#330
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold / Marriott Bonvoy(age) Titanium Elite, IHG Platinum, WN A+/CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 337
Per the AS Email sent out today - as we already figured; the completion of the airbus retrofits are now scheduled to be complete by "early 2020". Whether that is January, April or June - not sure exactly. But given the pace so far; i think it will be mid to late 2020 before all are complete. At least we are almost done the repainting of the aircraft....