Alaska leases 13 737-9 MAX aircraft
Nov 23, 2020, 9:04 am
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Alaska leases 13 737-9 MAX aircraft
https://investor.alaskaair.com/news-...ased-737-9-max
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Alaska Airlines announced a transaction today that continues the optimization of its mainline fleet. As part of the agreement, Alaska will sell 10 Airbus A320s to Air Lease Corporation, and subsequently lease 13 new Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft from them. The 13 737-9 MAX aircraft will be delivered from fourth quarter 2021 through 2022. Alaska will lease the A320s back from Air Lease for a short period of time after the transaction closes.
The 13 leased aircraft are in addition to the 32 MAX Alaska currently has on order with Boeing – five of which are expected to be flying by summer 2021. Alaska will begin flying the 737-9 MAX in March 2021. Read more about how Alaska will prepare to fly its first MAX at alaskaair.com/737MAX.
Nov 23, 2020, 9:10 am
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ok - they have confirmed that 39 320s will stay in the fleet for the next couple of years....including the unrefurbished 320s they currently own (the newest and etops 320). I have to determine what other three 320s are gone....hopefully putzy has some insight so we can match the 320 reconfig thread or finalize it.....
Nov 23, 2020, 10:43 am
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Seattle Times coverage: https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...leared-to-fly/
Nov 23, 2020, 11:38 am
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Lest we forget that the MD80 series were not Boeing products. They were McDonnell Douglas products. And lest we further forget the principal cause of that tragic event. It certainly wasn't a Boeing design issue.
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Nov 24, 2020, 1:22 pm
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Nov 24, 2020, 9:11 pm
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The MAX is a controversial aircraft, so it's not entirely surprising. I am sure Alaska got a great deal on this, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't be looking at alternatives if AS was operating a MAX on a route I wanted to buy a ticket on.