Alaska Airlines has been in the news for both the right and the wrong reasons this week. On the one hand, it has reached a key milestone as far as its integration with Hawaiian Airlines is concerned, following its receipt of a Single Operating Certificate from the FAA. However, it has also had to come to terms with its third IT outage this year, with these crises costing millions .

As far as the carrier's fleet is concerned, Alaska Airlines favors the Boeing 737 family for its mainline operations, following the withdrawal of its last ex-Virgin America Airbus A320 series jets back in October of 2023. Meanwhile, its regional partners use Embraer E-Jets on feeder routes serving smaller airports. Let's take a closer look at the aircraft that make Alaska Airlines tick.

The Boeing 737 MA

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