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Why Alaska Airlines can’t retire its Airbus A320s all at once
The word from Alaska Airlines headquarters is that they want out of the Airbus A320. The airline industry has contracted dramatically during the coronavirus pandemic. Every carrier is focused on cutting costs — including furloughing employees at some — and streamlining where they can to survive. As part of that effort, airlines have shed hundreds of jets, from the Boeing 757s and 767s at American Airlines to the McDonnell Douglas MD-88s and MD-90s at Delta Air Lines. Analysts at Cowen estimate… (thepointsguy.com) More...
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We fly (or did) Alaska almost exclusively so we're very familiar with the 800s and 900s. But last fall we flew to San Diego and then returned from Las Vegas on Alaska's inherited Airbuses and found them more comfortable then what we remembered of our flights on the 737s.
