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Alaska Airlines Takes Delivery of First Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft
Alaska Airlines will start flying the Boeing MAX 737 jet in March. Photo: Alaska Airlines.
Alaska Airlines this week announced that it has accepted delivery of its first Boeing 737-9 MAX airplane.
The aircraft will officially kick off passenger service on March 1 with daily roundtrip flights between Seattle and San Diego and Seattle and Los Angeles, with a second Boeing 737-9 MAX expected to join the fleet later in March.
In a statement, Alaska president Ben Minicucci called the plan “a significant part of our future.”
“We believe in it, we believe in Boeing, and we believe in our employees who will spend the next five weeks in training to ensure we’re ready to safely fly our guests,” he said.
Alaska Airlines takes delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 9, N913AK
Alaska Airlines on January 24, 2021 took delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 9 when the pictured N913AK (msn 44079, ln 7598) (top) relocated from the Boeing Delivery Center at Boeing Field (BFI) as flight “Alaska 9809” to nearby Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA).
Later on January 25, 2021, Alaska Airlines issued this statement:
Alaska Airlines has accepted delivery of its first Boeing 737-9 MAX airplane, marking a new phase of modernizing the airline’s fleet in the coming years. Alaska pilots flew the aircraft on a short flight yesterday (January 24) from the Boeing Delivery Center at Boeing Field in Seattle to the company’s hangar at Sea-Tac International Airport with a small group of Alaska’s top leadership on board (below).