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 F12W24Y114], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of January 10, 2023.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 F16W24Y150], all were withdrawn from the fleet as of September 30 2023,.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 18, 2019, 9:33 pm
#301
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Portland, OR
Programs: Alaska Gold 100k
Posts: 959
I got the same thing today for a flight on Wednesday. I lost an exit row premium but retained the seat, when I logged in I moved it to an aisle premium seat closer to the front AND got the $25. Later today I figured out I can’t travel on Wednesday so cancelled the flight, which cost me $59 to book in the first place, and free to cancel (Gold) and I got to keep the $25. Seems crazy but I don’t write the rules.
Feb 19, 2019, 12:44 pm
#302
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: DCA
Posts: 170
928 is scheduled to depart GSO tomorrow and will be the first A321 with the new cabin configuration. Take that exit date with a grain of salt though, seeing as most of these birds will show their exit flights scheduled but then cancelled. 519 was ferrying to Detroit this afternoon from GSO after a maintenance visit and scheduled to operate a revenue flight to SEA but has diverted back to GSO.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n928va
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as9451
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n928va
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as9451
Feb 19, 2019, 6:20 pm
#303
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 116
N284VA will be heading to Victorville tomorrow on the 20th. Second ETOPS A320 to be repainted. Following the exit of N841VA (the #nerdbird) from VCV the same day.
Come to think of it, will AS even use A320 family jets for ETOPS flights? I know it has been done before to Hawaii, but haven’t seen anything new.
Come to think of it, will AS even use A320 family jets for ETOPS flights? I know it has been done before to Hawaii, but haven’t seen anything new.
Feb 19, 2019, 8:40 pm
#304
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold / Marriott Bonvoy(age) Titanium Elite, IHG Platinum, WN A+/CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 337
928 is scheduled to depart GSO tomorrow and will be the first A321 with the new cabin configuration. Take that exit date with a grain of salt though, seeing as most of these birds will show their exit flights scheduled but then cancelled. 519 was ferrying to Detroit this afternoon from GSO after a maintenance visit and scheduled to operate a revenue flight to SEA but has diverted back to GSO.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n928va
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as9451
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n928va
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as9451
I wouldnt count on the exact entry to service until it lands back at SFO....many flights were scheduled to just have them cancelled....so who knows!
Feb 20, 2019, 11:02 am
#305
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: DCA
Posts: 170
928 exited cabin mods today and is on the way to SFO. Mods took about 30 days, so the A320s that are not undergoing a heavy check should take about the same amount of time, give or take. I'm not sure if any of the cabin mods are actually being scheduled along with heavy checks at the same time, but if not it will speed up the cabin mod process for sure.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N928VA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N928VA
Feb 20, 2019, 1:06 pm
#306
Join Date: Feb 2017
Programs: AS MVP HHonors Gold DL MS
Posts: 48
Waitlisted - I have a flight booked for November SEA to FLL I booked row 17 and paid the upgrade ... given the time line for Alaska to complete the upgrades - would you risk changing your seat to what WOULD be a premium seat IF the plane get reconfigured?
Feb 20, 2019, 3:16 pm
#307
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold / Marriott Bonvoy(age) Titanium Elite, IHG Platinum, WN A+/CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 337
Even by November, 2019 - i dont expect AS to keep the original marketing that by end of 2019 all airbuses will be in AS interiors.....given the current galacial pace....i would say by then probably at most a third will be reconfigured. I would hang tight and just keep the seat - if they do swap; you are entitled to a seat refund anyway - you get exit row regardless....the soft product differences between main cabin and premium are just free drinks....take the upgrade refund and pay for drinks...you probably will still come out ahead if they do swap aircraft ( this is not including any voucher they may give you as goodwill).
Feb 20, 2019, 5:36 pm
#308
Join Date: May 2003
Location: SFO, mostly
Posts: 2,204
Even by November, 2019 - i dont expect AS to keep the original marketing that by end of 2019 all airbuses will be in AS interiors.....given the current galacial pace....i would say by then probably at most a third will be reconfigured. I would hang tight and just keep the seat - if they do swap; you are entitled to a seat refund anyway - you get exit row regardless....the soft product differences between main cabin and premium are just free drinks....take the upgrade refund and pay for drinks...you probably will still come out ahead if they do swap aircraft ( this is not including any voucher they may give you as goodwill).
Feb 20, 2019, 10:53 pm
#309
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: BUR/LAX
Programs: AS MVP
Posts: 300
Typically the pace slows down in the middle of the summer due to high aircraft utilization...
Feb 25, 2019, 9:38 pm
#310
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 116
N523VA is to be in Victorville tomorrow. Additionally, as I speak, N527VA is on its way from PDX (my local airport) to Greensboro. Not sure if it is for maintenance or cabin mods, but if it is for the latter, we could very well be seeing the first A319 with the new cabin!
Feb 28, 2019, 1:48 am
#312
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 116
Not my video, but this has some footage of the new A321neo interior. It really isn’t much different, if you ask me. Just an extra row of First Class.
Also not my video, but this is the first (and so far, only, I believe) video of the new interior on N628VA. It goes pretty in-depth.
Feb 28, 2019, 7:05 am
#313
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 490
https://youtu.be/HPWqRkDK4X0
Not my video, but this has some footage of the new A321neo interior. It really isn’t much different, if you ask me. Just an extra row of First Class.
https://youtu.be/P9M9FN-EDQI
Also not my video, but this is the first (and so far, only, I believe) video of the new interior on N628VA. It goes pretty in-depth.
the devil is in the details, all of the interior footage here is from the a320, not the A321NEO.
Feb 28, 2019, 9:16 am
#314
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 116
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.
Feb 28, 2019, 10:12 am
#315
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 31
https://www.travelcodex.com/alaska-u...ht-experience/
as does The Points Guy:
https://thepointsguy.com/news/heres-...gn-looks-like/
I'm honestly looking forward to the new catering myself