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Final Airbus A321 Exits Alaska Airlines, Paving Way for All-Boeing Fleet Again
SEATTLE —Alaska Airlines has recently ushered out its last 10 Airbus A321 aircraft from revenue service, concretizing its progression towards an exclusively Boeing-dominated fleet. The Washington-based airline communicated that the final commercial flight operated by an A321 was executed on 30 September, with Flight 1126 transitioning smoothly from Seattle to Los Angeles. (www.airlinerwatch.com) More...
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"...concretizing"? Really?
Not a word you will run across on TikTok but don't be afraid. It's a word.
Interesting word "usement" there. Someone at Airliner Watch must have taken a creative writing course lately...
Don’t forget “concretizing”
Standardizing aircraft across the fleet has to be a good plan, especially for planes flying in Alaska. I'm thrilled they are replacing the Dash-8s with Embraer 175s too, having flown all of those aircraft in an out of the challenging airports in Alaska.
Off-topic: one of my favorite Alaska idiosyncrasies is airports (like Sitka) hiring students to precede landings and takeoffs with shotgun blasts, to scare away the ubiquitous seabirds thronging the runways.
Off-topic: one of my favorite Alaska idiosyncrasies is airports (like Sitka) hiring students to precede landings and takeoffs with shotgun blasts, to scare away the ubiquitous seabirds thronging the runways.
There are a lot of Advantages to having a single fleet. To list a Few: Every Pilot can fly Every plane and every mechanic can work every aircraft, no wasted funds on Cross Training.. This also is true with maintenance. Another advantage is not keep 2 sets of parts (Boeing Generator and Airbus Generator for example). All of that is money savings, Specialized tooling as well.
Well, all those guys who are A321 experts are going to be looking for new jobs, unless they are currently cross trained.
