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Post by Kahloke on May 6, 2023 14:20:30 GMT -8
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Post by The Black cat on May 11, 2023 17:04:14 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jun 14, 2023 18:40:59 GMT -8
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Post by paulvanb on Jun 14, 2023 20:48:03 GMT -8
Definitely a new look! At first, the large blocks didn't do much for me, but has kind of grown on me.
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Post by Kahloke on Jun 15, 2023 7:13:42 GMT -8
Definitely a new look! At first, the large blocks didn't do much for me, but has kind of grown on me. Looks pretty good. The large blocks tail design is only one of many I'm sure we will see grace JetBlue's planes.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jun 15, 2023 11:45:02 GMT -8
Definitely a new look! At first, the large blocks didn't do much for me, but has kind of grown on me. Looks pretty good. The large blocks tail design is only one of many I'm sure we will see grace JetBlue's planes. It is one best redesign livery’s for an airline.
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Post by Kahloke on Oct 21, 2023 13:31:48 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Dec 3, 2023 17:52:12 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Dec 3, 2023 18:19:32 GMT -8
I'm glad they're going to keep the brands separate. I like Alaska, but Hawaiian has a very different on-board atmosphere. I would hate to see Alaska Airlines change that like they did with Virgin America. I'm curious how fleet planning is going to go. Alaska just got rid of the last Airbus planes from the Virgin America buyout, so they're now back to being "proudly all Boeing". Hawaiian has A330-200's for their long haul operations, new A321 NEO's for some of their medium-haul ops, and the venerable B717 for inter-island routes. I know Hawaiian had already chosen the 787-9 to replace the A330's, so that should dovetail nicely into Alaska's Boeing preference, but those A321's are brand new. I hope Alaska doesn't nix future orders of that plane. It's a really good option for longer, thinner routes.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Dec 3, 2023 18:47:43 GMT -8
I'm glad they're going to keep the brands separate. I like Alaska, but Hawaiian has a very different on-board atmosphere. I would hate to see Alaska Airlines change that like they did with Virgin America. I'm curious how fleet planning is going to go. Alaska just got rid of the last Airbus planes from the Virgin America buyout, so they're now back to being "proudly all Boeing". Hawaiian has A330-200's for their long haul operations, new A321 NEO's for some of their medium-haul ops, and the venerable B717 for inter-island routes. I know Hawaiian had already chosen the 787-9 to replace the A330's, so that should dovetail nicely into Alaska's Boeing preference, but those A321's are brand new. I hope Alaska doesn't nix future orders of that plane. It's a really good option for longer, thinner routes. I wonder if Alaska Airlines will push for a true replacement of Boeing 757 for long thinner routes for future of Hawaiian Airlines planes. I wonder if Alaska Airlines will take some long haul flights of Alaska Airlines brand.
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Post by Kahloke on Dec 4, 2023 7:33:23 GMT -8
I wonder if Alaska Airlines will push for a true replacement of Boeing 757 for long thinner routes for future of Hawaiian Airlines planes. I wonder if Alaska Airlines will take some long haul flights of Alaska Airlines brand. The article you posted the link to, and other articles I have subsequently seen, point to Alaska Air Group keeping the brands separate. So, in that vein, I would expect the incoming 787-9's to be in the Hawaiian Air livery. Alaska Airlines, itself, will likely stick with 737's. On another note, I do kind of think Boeing missed an opportunity in not developing a Next Gen program for the 757 the way they did with the 737 series. My personal opinion, and yes, I'm armchair quarterbacking here, is Boeing never should have developed the MAX series 737's. That airframe is super old - it was time for a clean sheet design, and maybe should have gone ahead with a Next Gen 757. Airbus has that market all to itself now with the next gen A321 series. The A321-NEO and A321-XLR is the only real 757 replacement option out there, and even those aren't quite as large as the 757. Boeing has gotten themselves into a hole here. I'm not sure if they are going to recover from this.
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Dec 4, 2023 11:03:30 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Dec 4, 2023 11:54:51 GMT -8
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Dec 15, 2023 15:30:23 GMT -8
Alaska Airlines has started flights today from Seattle and Los Angeles to Nassau, Bahamas using new 737-9 aircraft. Flights depart eastbound in the morning landing in the evening returning mid-morning and landing in the afternoon the next day. Super cool to finally see them adding new international service with new aircraft.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jan 12, 2024 21:56:13 GMT -8
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Jan 13, 2024 9:18:06 GMT -8
Still find it so crazy how this comes as a surprise to anybody This has been rumored for nearly a year and nice to see it finally official.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jan 13, 2024 13:37:32 GMT -8
Still find it so crazy how this comes as a surprise to anybody This has been rumored for nearly a year and nice to see it finally official. Just like United Airlines order for A350 if they have delivered.
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 19, 2024 18:38:01 GMT -8
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Jan 21, 2024 13:23:17 GMT -8
Will be a-900ER, actually (they don't really specify the difference), and the MAX is basically interchangeable with the 739ER on routes like this anyway. I feel like AS and AC serve connections opposite on this route now, too. Although, Alaska does have the opportunity to offer better connections thru Seattle *from* Toronto thanks to US Pre-Clearance allowing Alaska to sell connections to and from this route in SEA as low as 40 minutes, while Air Canada has to contend with the opposite problem. I do not doubt that Alaska will pull numbers from Air Canada here. AC took just over 77,500 people on this route in 2022 alone, so will be curious to see how that changes going forward.
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Jan 21, 2024 18:09:33 GMT -8
I just feel like 2023 was really a good Alaska growth year with them adding a plentiful list of routes - hopeful for what 2024 brings with 4 routes already announced as new for 2024 (ANC-JFK, ANC-SAN, SAN-ATL and PDX-BNA)
Adds in 2023 by Alaska (including flights operated by QX or SkyWest): EUG-SAN, SAN-IAD, SAN-TPA PDX-MIA, PAE-HNL, LAX-GUA LAS-SBP, LAS-PVR, LAS-SJD JFK-PSP, SNA-BZN, SNA-TUS SEA-NAS and LAX-NAS
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 21, 2024 19:27:41 GMT -8
Will be a-900ER, actually (they don't really specify the difference), and the MAX is basically interchangeable with the 739ER on routes like this anyway. I assumed it will be a 737-900ER. The article didn't make the distinction, and as this is primarily a ferry forum, not an aviation forum, I didn't feel it necessary to call it out differently. Alaska only has 12 of the older -900's. Most of their -900's are the newer extended range (ER) type.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jan 22, 2024 15:59:24 GMT -8
I wonder how Hawaiian Airlines does go to a Boeing fleet if they are merged with Alaska Air Group. I could see Hawaiian narrow body fleet switching to the Boeing 737 MAX with long haul fleet will be B787. I wonder if Alaska Airline Group will order Boeing 787 for opening up long haul market with Alaska Airlines? I wonder how Alaska Air Group will deal with Amazon Prime Air for operating the freight AirBus A330: www.freightwaves.com/news/hawaiian-airlines-welcomes-new-amazon-revenue-stream
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 22, 2024 16:32:42 GMT -8
I wonder how Hawaiian Airlines does go to a Boeing fleet if they are merged with Alaska Air Group. I could see Hawaiian narrow body fleet switching to the Boeing 737 MAX with long haul fleet will be B787. I wonder if Alaska Airline Group will order Boeing 787 for opening up long haul market with Alaska Airlines? I wonder how Alaska Air Group will deal with Amazon Prime Air for operating the freight AirBus A330: www.freightwaves.com/news/hawaiian-airlines-welcomes-new-amazon-revenue-streamMerger hasn't happened yet, so it's probably too early to speculate. I would hate to see Hawaiian lose the A321NEO's, though. Those are great planes and are still pretty new to the fleet. Before the merger talks, I always hoped the Airbus A220-300 would be the aircraft of choice to replace the aging B717-200's on the inter island flights. The problem, though, is the engines and the required cool-down time between flights. The 717 has smaller engines which is ideal for the short inter-island flights, and its quick cool down allows for 20 minute turns. I'm not sure either A or B can provide a future plane that can match that. 737's and A320's need more cool down time between flights, and because they are larger than the 717, they likely also need a little more time to load and unload. I'm not sure about the A220; it's size is closer to the 717, but I would suspect its engines will also need more cool down time than the 717. If the merger goes through, I do think the Alaska Air Group will try to push more for Boeing aircraft going forward. It wouldn't surprise me to see the 737 MAX-7 replace the 717's eventually. Of course the MAX-7 has yet to be certified so I'm jumping the gun a little. The new 787-9's are supposed to start sometime this year, and that will be a good plane for HA's long haul services. The Airbus A330's in the fleet aren't all that old, so I expect the shift to 787's will be a slow transition over time. FYI - here is HA's current fleet per Planespotters: (19) Boeing 717-200's - average age 22 years (18) Airbus A321 NEO's - average age 5.1 years (24) Airbus A330-200's - average age 10.7 years (1) Airbus A330-300 - 5.3 years old
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jan 23, 2024 0:03:03 GMT -8
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Jan 23, 2024 6:15:17 GMT -8
Aircraft are N583AS - N584AS, the latter is actually getting converted in Kelowna, BC.
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