The Boeing 737 MAX 9 plays a major role in Alaska’s fleet update. The growth in the MAX 9 fleet is changing the airline’s profile, as the following chart illustrates. The chart shows that Alaska has the highest percentage of…
UPDATE – The FAA requires inspections of ’certain Boeing MAX 9s’ following the Alaska Airlines incident on Friday in which a MAX 9 lost part of a fuselage plug. The airline announced late Friday that it had temporarily grounded most…
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News has just emerged that Alaska Airlines group struck a deal with Hawaiian at $18/share, worth about $1.9Bn. This will push Alaska Airlines into the fifth largest airline in US service with 365 aircraft. You can read about the Alaska…
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Readers may recall our post on September 28th, where we noted that the airline had misfiled its T-100 fuel data. Today, we have a follow-up with some positive news. The airline responded to our post with an explanation, which we…