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Air India Express set to take first B737 MAX

Air India Express (IX, Mumbai International) has scheduled the delivery flight of its first B737-8, from Seattle Boeing Field via Reykjavik Keflavik and Kuwait to Hyderabad International, for September 28-30, 2023, to be followed by a second on September 29-October 1, 2023, ch-aviation schedule analysis has revealed.

As previously reported, the LCC's first B737 MAX will be units originally earmarked for Chinese airlines. ch-aviation research shows the first aircraft, VT-BXA (msn 61639), was poised to deliver to Shanghai Airlines (FM, Shanghai Hongqiao) while the second, VT-BXD (msn 61658), was not taken up by China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao). The aircraft will be delivered to India in Shanghai Airlines' and an all-white livery, respectively, and will be repainted in India.

The reassignment took place due to the ongoing pause of all B737 MAX deliveries to China, which is expected to end soon.

Air India (AI, Mumbai International) Chief Executive and Managing Director Campbell Wilson confirmed in an interview with the Times of...

Alaska Airlines to complete A321neo exit by 4Q23

Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma International) is set to end A321-200N operations by the end of the current month with the type's last flight set to be AS1126 from Seattle Tacoma International to Los Angeles International, according to the ch-aviation schedules module.

Having inherited the Airbus jets from Virgin America via a now concluded merger, Alaska Airlines will once again be an all-Boeing operator in terms of mainline aircraft.

The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows that the carrier has ten A321neo. While all of them were ordered by Virgin America before its merger with Alaska Air Group, only four were delivered to the low-cost carrier and the remaining six to Alaska Airlines. Five remain active, while the other five were retired in the first half of September 2023.

Alaska Airlines retired all ten A319-100s in 2020 and all fifty-three A320-200s by early 2023. The A321neo were to remain in service through the end of 2023, but the airline accelerated their...