Alaska Fleet Repaint Thread

jgcotter · Sun Jun 02, 2019 7:30 pm

Alaska A21N N922VA is en route from VCV to SFO in fresh Alaska livery. The last red tail to be painted.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N922VA

durangomac · Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:46 pm

SXDFC wrote:
From what I’ve read is that AS didn’t repaint the wings on the Airbus repaints. Will they repaint the wings on the 737 repaints?

What I remembered reading was that because the repaints from red tails to blue was before a normal repaint that the paint on the wings didn't need any work yet. Since they weren't changing the markings on the wings except for the fence/winglet that the decision was to not strip and repaint the wings which allowed the time per plane to be less.

SXDFC · Sun Jun 02, 2019 9:33 pm

Thanks for the insight..

Do we know when any of the specialty planes will be due for a repaint? I’ve seen a few pics of the “Salmon Thirty Salmon” 800 and the paint still looks good from a distance.

durangomac · Sun Jun 02, 2019 9:56 pm

SXDFC wrote:
Thanks for the insight..

Do we know when any of the specialty planes will be due for a repaint? I’ve seen a few pics of the “Salmon Thirty Salmon” 800 and the paint still looks good from a distance.

I don't know the schedule but it was announced that the Cars themed plane is going in to be repainted soon, in it's place a Toy Story 4 plane is going to be coming online in June. At first glance I thought maybe they would use the same plane but after reading the article again I'm not sure that is for sure yet.

452QX · Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:48 pm

durangomac wrote:
SXDFC wrote:
Thanks for the insight..

Do we know when any of the specialty planes will be due for a repaint? I’ve seen a few pics of the “Salmon Thirty Salmon” 800 and the paint still looks good from a distance.

I don't know the schedule but it was announced that the Cars themed plane is going in to be repainted soon, in it's place a Toy Story 4 plane is going to be coming online in June. At first glance I thought maybe they would use the same plane but after reading the article again I'm not sure that is for sure yet.

The Cars livery (570AS) has already been repainted, and is now the second veterans jet

jgcotter · Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:32 am

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jgcotter wrote:
Alaska B739 N493AS (More to Love) is en route from SEA to VCV for repainting. Not sure if it’s just to remove the VX logo from the engines or a complete repaint into the new Alaska livery. I guess we’ll know in a few days (engines) or about a week. (airframe)
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N493AS

Alaska B739 N493AS (More to Love) is scheduled to swap out of VCV tomorrow, with B739 N302AS. Since 493 will have been at VCV seven days it may have been a complete repaint into the new Alaska livery or the Toy Story 4 livery. They may also have just taken a long time to remove the VX logo off of the nacelles. I guess we’ll know when it gets to SEA.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N493AS

JayWings · Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:18 am

Oh man I hope they don’t kill More to Love on 493! There are lots of old livery birds they could repaint for a Toy Story livery.

SXDFC · Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:44 pm

Do we know the fate of 493? Is she now wearing the regular colors?

jgcotter · Mon Jun 03, 2019 5:24 pm

Alaska B739 N302AS is en route from SEA to VCV for repainting into the new Alaska livery.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N302AS

jgcotter · Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:03 pm

Alaska B739 N493AS is en route from VCV to SEA. Not sure which livery; New/Toy Story/More to Love. Any spotters in SEA this afternoon?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N493AS

durangomac · Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:19 pm

452QX wrote:
durangomac wrote:
SXDFC wrote:
Thanks for the insight..

Do we know when any of the specialty planes will be due for a repaint? I’ve seen a few pics of the “Salmon Thirty Salmon” 800 and the paint still looks good from a distance.

I don't know the schedule but it was announced that the Cars themed plane is going in to be repainted soon, in it's place a Toy Story 4 plane is going to be coming online in June. At first glance I thought maybe they would use the same plane but after reading the article again I'm not sure that is for sure yet.

The Cars livery (570AS) has already been repainted, and is now the second veterans jet

Thanks, wasn't thinking to look closer at the tail numbers.

jgcotter wrote:
Alaska B739 N493AS is en route from VCV to SEA. Not sure which livery; New/Toy Story/More to Love. Any spotters in SEA this afternoon?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N493AS

The new Toy Story plane is supposed to be an 800 so I'm curious on what was done to 493.

rayfound · Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:23 am

jgcotter wrote:
Alaska B739 N493AS is en route from VCV to SEA. Not sure which livery; New/Toy Story/More to Love. Any spotters in SEA this afternoon?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N493AS

I'll be there shortly, will take a look to see if it's visible from inside terminal.

rayfound · Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:35 am

Terrible picture but it looks unchanged. Assume just removed the Virgin logos. May hoof it over to B gates for closer look.

timf · Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:50 pm

rayfound wrote:
Terrible picture but it looks unchanged. Assume just removed the Virgin logos. May hoof it over to B gates for closer look.

It must have required a full repaint of the engines given the amount of time spent there. Too bad they didn't have the foresight to use a decal, but at least they kept the livery.

On another note, I was in Seattle last week and noticed most of the 737s still have the Proudly All Boeing marks on the nose. They wouldn't still be putting this on newly painted 737s, would they? These must have been aircraft painted before the Airbus fleet.

Kaphias · Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:37 am

jgcotter wrote:
Alaska B739 N302AS is en route from SEA to VCV for repainting into the new Alaska livery.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N302AS

For those who aren't aware, this is the former N737X, the prototype 737-900. It's unable to have winglets installed. I'll miss seeing it in the old livery - it was the closest looking thing we had to the -400s now that they're gone.

GE90man · Wed Jun 05, 2019 3:06 pm

rayfound wrote:

Terrible picture but it looks unchanged. Assume just removed the Virgin logos. May hoof it over to B gates for closer look.

It seems the engines were repainted. The original 493 had a gradient from pink to purple on the engines. This appears to just be purple.

jgcotter · Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:50 pm

Here's another pic of 493 after the repaint of the engines.
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9332060

rayfound · Wed Jun 05, 2019 6:39 pm

Kaphias wrote:
jgcotter wrote:
Alaska B739 N302AS is en route from SEA to VCV for repainting into the new Alaska livery.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N302AS

For those who aren't aware, this is the former N737X, the prototype 737-900. It's unable to have winglets installed. I'll miss seeing it in the old livery - it was the closest looking thing we had to the -400s now that they're gone.

I believe N304AS is similar/sister in that regard. Early build -900 / no winglets available.

seabosdca · Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:35 pm

There's no 304. 302, 303, and 305 are the early-build -900s that couldn't have winglets installed without major wing modifications that Alaska deemed cost-prohibitlve.

(They aren't impossible. Southwest modified its early-build -700s to accept winglets.)

EA CO AS · Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:47 pm

All three “More to Love” aircraft are safe from repainting until they’re up for their turn in standard AS livery in 3-5 years.

JayWings · Sun Jun 09, 2019 11:17 am

EA CO AS wrote:
All three “More to Love” aircraft are safe from repainting until they’re up for their turn in standard AS livery in 3-5 years.

Thank goodness! One of the best looking planes in the skies!

Runway28L · Tue Jun 11, 2019 4:51 pm

RWRCAS wrote:
gmcc wrote:
Runway28L wrote:
So the VX livery is completely gone? Dang, that went by fast.

Interesting to see quite a few B739s still have old colors.

So that adds around $7 million, number is from 2106, back into the operation by not having to pay Sir Richard for the licensing fee for the VX name. Although they might have to pay until the take the VX name off the engines on the 3 more to love liveries.

The two Airbus More To Love aircraft never had the Virgin titles on the engine cowl. The More To Love 737 Virgin titles were schedule to be remove this month.

https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/ai ... 68abe57dc7

I caught N493AS here at PIT yesterday and can confirm it no longer has the “Virgin America + Alaska” titles on the engines. It just says “Alaska” like on the A321neo planes.

USAavdork · Tue Jun 11, 2019 5:02 pm

Can anyone advise me how I post a pic on here? I have one of the B739 in More to Love from my B6 SEA-BOS flight the other day!

jgcotter · Fri Jun 14, 2019 7:04 pm

Alaska B739 N302AS is en route from VCV to SEA in the new Alaska livery.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N302AS

dennisho115 · Fri Jun 14, 2019 9:49 pm

There is an EMB-175 being painted in Honor Those who Serve livery, and N589AS has Toy Story 4 decals.

http://www.imgur.com/gallery/Hqo4a5F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXkc6C35HjU

durangomac · Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:07 am

A new Airbus A321-200neo was delivered today, in GSO being prep'd for service.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N929VA

jgcotter · Sun Jun 23, 2019 12:50 am

It looks like they’ve hit the pause button on the 737 repaints for the summer travel season.

USAirKid · Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:47 am

A housekeeping question. 922, the last AS Airbus has been put into the AS livery, and the More to Love planes have had the VX logo taken off of them, is it time to retitle this thread, or perhaps close it and start a new one?

sunking737 · Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:17 am

How about changing the name to Alaska Fleet Repaint

seahawks7757 · Sun Jun 23, 2019 9:33 am

timf wrote:
rayfound wrote:
Terrible picture but it looks unchanged. Assume just removed the Virgin logos. May hoof it over to B gates for closer look.

It must have required a full repaint of the engines given the amount of time spent there. Too bad they didn't have the foresight to use a decal, but at least they kept the livery.

On another note, I was in Seattle last week and noticed most of the 737s still have the Proudly All Boeing marks on the nose. They wouldn't still be putting this on newly painted 737s, would they? These must have been aircraft painted before the Airbus fleet.

Yes. New delivered 737’s still say it. Here’s a link to the last delivery.

SQ22 · Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:51 pm

sunking737 wrote:
How about changing the name to Alaska Fleet Repaint

Title has been updated. The next time please use the reporting function instead of making a post. Thanks.

Runway28L · Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:48 pm

Anyone know the story behind why N248AK (100 Years Boeing livery) is currently flying around with an old livery winglet? :scratchchin:

MesserJ · Sun Jul 07, 2019 3:03 am

Runway28L wrote:
Anyone know the story behind why N248AK (100 Years Boeing livery) is currently flying around with an old livery winglet?

I've seen that happen a few times. Most likely scenario is the winglet has been damaged in some way and it was swapped out with a spare. Occasionally you might also see one flying without the ventral strakes installed.

EA CO AS · Sun Jul 07, 2019 4:46 am

seahawks7757 wrote:
timf wrote:
rayfound wrote:
Terrible picture but it looks unchanged. Assume just removed the Virgin logos. May hoof it over to B gates for closer look.

It must have required a full repaint of the engines given the amount of time spent there. Too bad they didn't have the foresight to use a decal, but at least they kept the livery.

On another note, I was in Seattle last week and noticed most of the 737s still have the Proudly All Boeing marks on the nose. They wouldn't still be putting this on newly painted 737s, would they? These must have been aircraft painted before the Airbus fleet.

Yes. New delivered 737’s still say it. Here’s a link to the last delivery.

And in fairness, that aircraft IS proudly all Boeing...

USAirKid · Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:45 am

EA CO AS wrote:
seahawks7757 wrote:
timf wrote:
It must have required a full repaint of the engines given the amount of time spent there. Too bad they didn't have the foresight to use a decal, but at least they kept the livery.

On another note, I was in Seattle last week and noticed most of the 737s still have the Proudly All Boeing marks on the nose. They wouldn't still be putting this on newly painted 737s, would they? These must have been aircraft painted before the Airbus fleet.

Yes. New delivered 737’s still say it. Here’s a link to the last delivery.

And in fairness, that aircraft IS proudly all Boeing...

Last, I checked the fuselage was all Spirit Aerosystems. Some of the Flight control surfaces are by Airbus and others are made by GE. The engines are all CFM. And most importantly the lavatory is Safran.

Sure, Boeing will sell you most of that, but you can't get the engines from them. :duck:

seahawks7757 · Sun Jul 07, 2019 8:28 am

EA CO AS wrote:
seahawks7757 wrote:
timf wrote:
It must have required a full repaint of the engines given the amount of time spent there. Too bad they didn't have the foresight to use a decal, but at least they kept the livery.

On another note, I was in Seattle last week and noticed most of the 737s still have the Proudly All Boeing marks on the nose. They wouldn't still be putting this on newly painted 737s, would they? These must have been aircraft painted before the Airbus fleet.

Yes. New delivered 737’s still say it. Here’s a link to the last delivery.

And in fairness, that aircraft IS proudly all Boeing...

Except that’s not the entire fleet. I hope they upgrade the A320 NEO order for A321 NEO/XLR. I hear customers love this part of the airbus fleet over Boeing. Bigger aisle and seat. And quiet.

chrisair · Mon Jul 08, 2019 4:37 am

seahawks7757 wrote:
I hear customers love this part of the airbus fleet over Boeing. Bigger aisle and seat. And quiet.

To be fair the 737-MAX family is extremely quiet in the air. On par with the 32X-NEO series. Of course, the MAX planes are REALLY quiet now. :lol:

jgcotter · Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:26 pm

Alaska B738 N537AS is en route from SEA to VCV for repainting into the new Alaska livery.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N537AS

avi8 · Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:23 pm

How many 737’s remain in the old paint? Hopefully they get them done quickly. AS has one of my favorite liveries.

jgcotter · Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:54 pm

avi8 wrote:
How many 737’s remain in the old paint? Hopefully they get them done quickly. AS has one of my favorite liveries.

As far as I can tell from Weebly and several other sources, there are 52 x B737 left in the old livery, excluding N537AS that went in for paint today.

hiflyeras · Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:34 pm

avi8 wrote:
How many 737’s remain in the old paint? Hopefully they get them done quickly. AS has one of my favorite liveries.

Definitely getting fewer....a look at the SEA ramp on Tuesday showed AS airframes at every gate on the C, D and N concourses except for three from AA. Of the ones I could see, only one was the 'old' livery.

jgcotter · Mon Oct 07, 2019 3:08 pm

Alaska B738 N537AS ferried from VCV to SEA last night following repainting into the new Alaska livery.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N537AS

Runway28L · Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:12 pm

jgcotter wrote:
Alaska B738 N537AS ferried from VCV to SEA last night following repainting into the new Alaska livery.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N537AS

Aircraft is actually wearing a full special scheme for Pixar Pier.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VMbJNBjY4 ... zonvpgax7f

jgcotter · Tue Oct 08, 2019 2:16 am

Runway28L wrote:
jgcotter wrote:
Alaska B738 N537AS ferried from VCV to SEA last night following repainting into the new Alaska livery.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N537AS

Aircraft is actually wearing a full special scheme for Pixar Pier.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VMbJNBjY4 ... zonvpgax7f

I wondered why it took so long. That explains it.

jgcotter · Tue Oct 08, 2019 2:12 pm

jgcotter wrote:
Runway28L wrote:
jgcotter wrote:
Alaska B738 N537AS ferried from VCV to SEA last night following repainting into the new Alaska livery.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N537AS

Aircraft is actually wearing a full special scheme for Pixar Pier.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VMbJNBjY4 ... zonvpgax7f

I wondered why it took so long. That explains it.

Apparently Alaska will have another Disney-themed plane every year for the next four years;
https://abc30.com/5601447/

jgcotter · Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:06 am

Alaska B738 N548AS is en route from SEA to VCV for repainting.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N548AS

jgcotter · Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:20 pm

Alaska B738 N551AS is en route from SEA to VCV for repainting.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N551AS

jgcotter · Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:28 am

Alaska B738 N548AS is en route from VCV to SEA following repainting.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N548AS

jgcotter · Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:51 pm

Alaska B739 N305AS is en route from SEA to VCV for repainting.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N305AS

jgcotter · Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:09 pm

Alaska B739 N409AS is en route from SEA to VCV for repainting.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N409AS

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