Alaska Airlines Completes Transition to All-Boeing 737 Fleet
Posted on: Friday, 29 August 2008, 12:01 CDT
Alaska Airlines has completed its transition to an all-Boeing 737 aircraft fleet with the retirement of its last MD-80 series airplane, as a part of a two-year plan to increase its operational efficiency and improve fuel conservation.
The airline said that the Boeing 737-800 burns 850 gallons of fuel per hour, versus 1,100 gallons per hour by the MD-80. A common fleet type also will result in lower costs for maintenance, training and flight crew scheduling.
Alaska Airlines has firm commitments for an additional eight 737-800s through 2008, which will bring its fleet size to 116 Boeing 737 aircraft. That compares to 26 MD-80s and 110 total aircraft at the onset of the airline's fleet transition in 2006.
Bill Ayer, chairman and CEO of Alaska Airlines, said: "With the last of our MD-80s retiring today and scheduled deliveries of additional new 737-800s this year, Alaska Airlines now operates one of the youngest, most fuel-efficient and technologically advanced fleets in the industry."
Source: Datamonitor
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