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An incomplete recovery plan
Alaska Airlines ended 2019 with 332 aircraft in its fleet: 237 mainline planes and 95 regional aircraft. At that time, it planned to expand the mainline fleet by 246 jets while removing one turboprop from its regional fleet during 2020.
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The COVID-19 pandemic upended this plan. During 2020, Alaska accelerated its transition away from the
Airbus fleet it inherited from Virgin America, retiring all 10 of its A319s and 30 of its 51 A320s. It ended the year with just 291 aircraft in its fleet, including 197 mainline jets: far below its pre-pandemic plan.
In late 2020, Alaska Airlines announced a pair of deals to expand its Boeing 737 MAX order book, largely to replace its Airbus fleet. This gave it firm orders for 68 737 MAX 9s with 43 scheduled to arrive by the end of 2022 along with 52 options. However, even after these changes, Alaska projected that it would exit 2022 with 232 mainline aircraft: fewer than it had befo
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