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 F12W24Y114], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of January 10, 2023.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 F16W24Y150], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of September 30 2023,.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, 2019, 8:01 am
#407
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: DCA
Posts: 170
Wow - pretty fast in cabin mods, but makes sense heavy mx was done in late 2018. Hopefully we will start to see the pace pick up, and also see a ferry flight to from GSO-IAD pop up between now and tomorrow night.
Apr 7, 2019, 7:46 pm
#408
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 116
According to the Alaska Fleet Status website, N924VA has the new livery. It is no longer branded as the SF Giants. There’s still no pictures out to fully confirm it, but the AS Fleet Status site has been pretty spot-on acurate with the cabin mods, so I’d think that’s right. Living in Portland, it’s unlikely that an A321neo will land here (they do come around, but it’s very uncommon), but if it lands or takes off at PDX, I’ll be there to get a picture of it for all of you.
Apr 7, 2019, 11:44 pm
#409
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold / Marriott Bonvoy(age) Titanium Elite, IHG Platinum, WN A+/CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 337
According to the Alaska Fleet Status website, N924VA has the new livery. It is no longer branded as the SF Giants. There’s still no pictures out to fully confirm it, but the AS Fleet Status site has been pretty spot-on acurate with the cabin mods, so I’d think that’s right. Living in Portland, it’s unlikely that an A321neo will land here (they do come around, but it’s very uncommon), but if it lands or takes off at PDX, I’ll be there to get a picture of it for all of you.
Confirmed; standard livery - https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9275713
interesting they got rid of the SF giants livery especially since they are a longer term sponsor.....
I know most west coast also goes to standard livery....i just hope they keep the more to love for a while...its by far my favorite paint job across any airline....i fly N927VA tomorrow in fact.
Apr 7, 2019, 11:45 pm
#410
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold / Marriott Bonvoy(age) Titanium Elite, IHG Platinum, WN A+/CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 337
Ferry flight is also scheduled tomorrow afternoon to IAD from GSO....interesting routing that isnt the norm.....
Apr 8, 2019, 11:07 pm
#411
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 116
I find it pretty interesting that they didn’t repaint N921VA-N923VA. While it technically didn’t have a livery (but instead vinyl wraps), N924VA (as well as N925VA) were not Virgin-branded. I would think they would prioritize the Virgin-branded aircraft first, but it seems they keep holding off of the first three neos.
Apr 9, 2019, 11:32 am
#412
Join Date: Nov 2017
Programs: AS 75k, B6 Mosaic
Posts: 61
Finally getting a ride in F on a new Airbus this aft.
Any Airbus pmVX fans settle into a preferred F seat/row on the new cabins? I used to prefer 2A over bulkhead due to the small but usable underseat storage.. That aside (and aside from the risks of equipment swap in row 3/4) not sure if there’s any appreciable difference up front..
Any Airbus pmVX fans settle into a preferred F seat/row on the new cabins? I used to prefer 2A over bulkhead due to the small but usable underseat storage.. That aside (and aside from the risks of equipment swap in row 3/4) not sure if there’s any appreciable difference up front..
Apr 9, 2019, 11:57 am
#413
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 116
Finally getting a ride in F on a new Airbus this aft.
Any Airbus pmVX fans settle into a preferred F seat/row on the new cabins? I used to prefer 2A over bulkhead due to the small but usable underseat storage.. That aside (and aside from the risks of equipment swap in row 3/4) not sure if there’s any appreciable difference up front..
Any Airbus pmVX fans settle into a preferred F seat/row on the new cabins? I used to prefer 2A over bulkhead due to the small but usable underseat storage.. That aside (and aside from the risks of equipment swap in row 3/4) not sure if there’s any appreciable difference up front..
Apr 9, 2019, 6:45 pm
#414
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS MVP Gold
Posts: 36
Confirmed; standard livery - https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9275713
interesting they got rid of the SF giants livery especially since they are a longer term sponsor.....
interesting they got rid of the SF giants livery especially since they are a longer term sponsor.....
Joking aside, it's confounding that they decided to scrap the Giants paint, especially as Alaska continues to attempt to build market share and brand awareness in the Bay Area. I'm not sure how many A320s are left to paint, but I would think at least one of them should come back with some sort of special Giants-themed livery. But then again, Alaska's brand and marketing teams have been asleep at the wheel for a while now so wouldn't be surprised if one never appears.
Apr 10, 2019, 12:27 am
#415
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: US West Coast
Programs: Alaska 100K, Hyatt Gl, Marriott Ti/LTP
Posts: 353
Joking aside, it's confounding that they decided to scrap the Giants paint, especially as Alaska continues to attempt to build market share and brand awareness in the Bay Area. I'm not sure how many A320s are left to paint, but I would think at least one of them should come back with some sort of special Giants-themed livery.
Then again, my prediction had been that they would keep 924 as it was, just with Chester on the tail, so I'm performing worse than this year's Giants in the prediction arena. ;-)
Apr 10, 2019, 1:58 am
#416
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 116
New information pertaining to Cabin Mods (assumed)
A320: N638VA at 7:00 PM
A321neo: N927VA (More to Love) at 4:30 PM
Considering the last 737-700 completed mods and is on its way out, I think it is safe to assume that focus can now go 100% to the Airbus A320 family in Alaska’s fleet. Unless they decide to mod the other mainline jets, which is highly unlikely. Therefore, we probably should expect to see more cabin mods happening. However, the end of 2019 is still not a feasible date for completion unless they significantly up the amount of Airbuses going in for cabin mods.
A320: N638VA at 7:00 PM
A321neo: N927VA (More to Love) at 4:30 PM
Considering the last 737-700 completed mods and is on its way out, I think it is safe to assume that focus can now go 100% to the Airbus A320 family in Alaska’s fleet. Unless they decide to mod the other mainline jets, which is highly unlikely. Therefore, we probably should expect to see more cabin mods happening. However, the end of 2019 is still not a feasible date for completion unless they significantly up the amount of Airbuses going in for cabin mods.
Last edited by mastergamindude; Apr 10, 2019 at 2:04 am
Apr 10, 2019, 11:00 am
#417
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: SEA
Posts: 239
Apr 10, 2019, 1:11 pm
#418
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold / Marriott Bonvoy(age) Titanium Elite, IHG Platinum, WN A+/CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 337
New information pertaining to Cabin Mods (assumed)
A320: N638VA at 7:00 PM
A321neo: N927VA (More to Love) at 4:30 PM
Considering the last 737-700 completed mods and is on its way out, I think it is safe to assume that focus can now go 100% to the Airbus A320 family in Alaska’s fleet. Unless they decide to mod the other mainline jets, which is highly unlikely. Therefore, we probably should expect to see more cabin mods happening. However, the end of 2019 is still not a feasible date for completion unless they significantly up the amount of Airbuses going in for cabin mods.
A320: N638VA at 7:00 PM
A321neo: N927VA (More to Love) at 4:30 PM
Considering the last 737-700 completed mods and is on its way out, I think it is safe to assume that focus can now go 100% to the Airbus A320 family in Alaska’s fleet. Unless they decide to mod the other mainline jets, which is highly unlikely. Therefore, we probably should expect to see more cabin mods happening. However, the end of 2019 is still not a feasible date for completion unless they significantly up the amount of Airbuses going in for cabin mods.
i flew N927va just on Monday. I guess I was one of the last to experience this NEW VX interior.