Apr 1, 2019, 7:10 am
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The best known source for fleet status is https://alaskafleetstatus.weebly.com/.
Boeing 737/738/739 Reconfiguations (New Cabin Mods) - 2018 and Later)
Mar 31, 2019, 5:39 pm
#1
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Boeing 737/738/739 Reconfiguations (New Cabin Mods) - 2018 and Later)
In light of the other thread regarding Airbii and given dayone's comments, I searched for a thread concerning these, and couldn't find it.
Pardon my ignorance, but is there a master thread somewhere addressing this? Or an external source that I'm not aware of?
I have a fair amount of travel coming up on the 8s and 9s in Q2, and was curious.
Many thanks and Mods, if this can be redirected, I appreciate that as well.
Pardon my ignorance, but is there a master thread somewhere addressing this? Or an external source that I'm not aware of?
I have a fair amount of travel coming up on the 8s and 9s in Q2, and was curious.
Many thanks and Mods, if this can be redirected, I appreciate that as well.
Apr 1, 2019, 1:48 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2014
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I think you just created the master thread! There’s one about the -700’s, but I think that they’re all done now. I’m sure, for now at least, it’ll have less traffic than the Airbus thread, just because reconfiguring the 800/900’s is a bigger task, with less customer impact, that hasn’t really started yet. But it’ll be good to have a thread for chatter about these reconfigs.
As for an outside resource, the best one I know of is https://alaskafleetstatus.weebly.com/ AFAIK, whoever is maintaining it is anonymous, but is very well informed.
As for an outside resource, the best one I know of is https://alaskafleetstatus.weebly.com/ AFAIK, whoever is maintaining it is anonymous, but is very well informed.
Apr 1, 2019, 9:43 am
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I think you just created the master thread! There’s one about the -700’s, but I think that they’re all done now. I’m sure, for now at least, it’ll have less traffic than the Airbus thread, just because reconfiguring the 800/900’s is a bigger task, with less customer impact, that hasn’t really started yet. But it’ll be good to have a thread for chatter about these reconfigs.
As for an outside resource, the best one I know of is https://alaskafleetstatus.weebly.com/ AFAIK, whoever is maintaining it is anonymous, but is very well informed.
As for an outside resource, the best one I know of is https://alaskafleetstatus.weebly.com/ AFAIK, whoever is maintaining it is anonymous, but is very well informed.
I just assumed that the Boeings were being reconfigured at the same time as the Airbii, but are they being done after? 2021 and beyond?
Apr 1, 2019, 10:27 am
#4
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: SEA
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There aren't any cabin updates/retrofits scheduled. N570AS will go in for paint pretty soon, then nothing until Sept.
The 2Ku satellite installs are about to start accelerating. For those that like to track flights, watch for MLB Orlando Melbourne International Airport.
The 2Ku satellite installs are about to start accelerating. For those that like to track flights, watch for MLB Orlando Melbourne International Airport.
Apr 5, 2019, 12:16 pm
#5
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No First Class seats for sale for LAX <-> DCA
My wife and I are booked on a round-trip itinerary between LAX and DCA in May. It's on two different Airbus series aircraft and when I booked them on Alaskaair.com, it returned N/A for the First Class Cabin for both flights. My assumption is that they are not selling First Class because the aircraft may be scheduled for the interior cabin updates. Does that make sense?
Apr 5, 2019, 4:11 pm
#6
Join Date: Mar 2014
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My wife and I are booked on a round-trip itinerary between LAX and DCA in May. It's on two different Airbus series aircraft and when I booked them on Alaskaair.com, it returned N/A for the First Class Cabin for both flights. My assumption is that they are not selling First Class because the aircraft may be scheduled for the interior cabin updates. Does that make sense?
Apr 7, 2019, 3:13 am
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Join Date: Feb 2016
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In light of the other thread regarding Airbii and given dayone's comments, I searched for a thread concerning these, and couldn't find it.
Pardon my ignorance, but is there a master thread somewhere addressing this? Or an external source that I'm not aware of?
I have a fair amount of travel coming up on the 8s and 9s in Q2, and was curious.
Many thanks and Mods, if this can be redirected, I appreciate that as well.
Pardon my ignorance, but is there a master thread somewhere addressing this? Or an external source that I'm not aware of?
I have a fair amount of travel coming up on the 8s and 9s in Q2, and was curious.
Many thanks and Mods, if this can be redirected, I appreciate that as well.
Apr 7, 2019, 4:48 pm
#8
Join Date: May 2013
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From everything I have heard, there are no plans to reconfigure the current fleet of 800’s and 900’s with the new interior. The Airbii and the 700’s were the only ones not aligned with the current brand (VX interior and/or no dedicated PC section) so they are getting the refresh, which was originally supposed to launch with the MAX9. If the 800’s and 900’s do end up getting a retrofit, I would bet my bottom dollar it wouldn’t begin until the end of 2020 at the very least.
Apr 7, 2019, 6:21 pm
#9
Join Date: Sep 2001
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I really wish Alaska would have went for the mid-cabin lav.... that seems to be the ONLY positive benefit to flying on a United 737-900....
Apr 7, 2019, 8:09 pm
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From everything I have heard, there are no plans to reconfigure the current fleet of 800’s and 900’s with the new interior. The Airbii and the 700’s were the only ones not aligned with the current brand (VX interior and/or no dedicated PC section) so they are getting the refresh, which was originally supposed to launch with the MAX9. If the 800’s and 900’s do end up getting a retrofit, I would bet my bottom dollar it wouldn’t begin until the end of 2020 at the very least.
Apr 7, 2019, 11:36 pm
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I vaguely remember that, but winds change and minds do as well. There are no plans to retrofit the 800"s with the sky interior (other than the 3-4 delivered with it), much less a full cabin retrofit. If anything happens, I'd expect a new bulkhead and class divider but nothing more.
Apr 11, 2019, 10:09 am
#14
Join Date: Jun 2011
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The weebly site now has a section for Gogo2KU internet installs. Looks like as mentioned up tread a couple of 900ERs are at KMLB for KU install. Also by accident found a twitter account that has general fleet status information on all of Alaska's fleets.
https://twitter.com/alaskafleet
https://twitter.com/alaskafleet
Apr 11, 2019, 5:24 pm
#15
Join Date: Dec 2017
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I vaguely remember that, but winds change and minds do as well. There are no plans to retrofit the 800"s with the sky interior (other than the 3-4 delivered with it), much less a full cabin retrofit. If anything happens, I'd expect a new bulkhead and class divider but nothing more.
It it makes sense they’re prioritizing the airbus fleet given the revenue /profit impacts of having additional premium/First class seating available. The 737 updates will be purely cosmetic.
My wondering mind is still wondering if they plan to add blue lighting to the E175s. The Alaska magazine Circa November 2018 said that was the plan, but radio silence since then.