2 weeks Ago By Vyte Klisauskaite
Alaska Airlines is gearing up for the upcoming summer season by planning to add the northernmost Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight to its schedule. According to AeroRoutes , the Seattle-based airline will launch a corridor between Anchorage (ANC) and Utqiaġvik (BRW) in June 2025, using the narrowbody. Introducing the 737 MAX 8 on the route Alaska Airlines' flight, operating between Anchorage International Airport (ANC) and Utqiaġvik Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW), will begin on June 12, 2025, using a fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 8.
The service will run daily through August 19, 2025. It is worth noting that the AeroRoutes report states that the last time the Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated on this route was between July 23 and July 29, 2024. At present, the route is operated once a day but with different aircraft.
The airline uses either Boeing 737-800s or Boeing 737-700s for this service. No other US carrier is competing on the ANC to BRW route with Alaska Airlines, making the airline a sole player in this market. Alaska Airlines is an all-Boeing operator.
Currently, the airline operates a total of 238 Boeing 737s, including 79 Boeing 737-900ERs, 73 Boeing 737 MAX 9s, 61 Boeing 737-800s, 14 Boeing 737-700s, six Boeing 737-900s, and just five Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, according to ch-aviation data. Alaska Airlines started taking deliveries of the 737 MAX 8s only recently. In January 2024, the airline added the type to its lineup.
Notably, the Seattle-based airline has 15 737 MAX 8s on order, as per ch-aviation. The aircraft can accommodate a total of 159 passengers in a three-class cabin layout: 12 in business class, 30 in economy plus, and 117 in economy class. Explaining why the 737 MAX 8s are complimenting its fleet so well, Nat Pieper, senior vice president of fleet, finance, and alliances at Alaska Airlines, said: "The addition of the 737-8 and eventually the 737-10 to our fleet creates new opportunities for us to fly longer nonstop routes and maximize our revenue potential.
" Alaska Airlines operates from six hubs, including Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse: the 2nd northernmost 737 MAX destination According to AeroRoutes, Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse (SCC) is the second northernmost destination for the Boeing 737 MAX. Alaska Airlines occasionally operates flights between Anchorage (ANC) and Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse (SCC) using the Boeing 737 MAX 9, primarily for charter services.
However, scheduled flights on the Boeing 737 MAX 9 are available for booking on March 19, March 26, and April 21, 2025, as per the report. The airline's Boeing 737 MAX 9 has more capacity than the 737 MAX 8. The 737 MAX 9 can seat up to 178 passengers in a three-class cabin configuration: 16 in business class, 24 in economy plus, and 138 in economy class.
It is worth noting that the airline is currently awaiting the delivery of the Boeing 737 MAX 10, which has yet to receive FAA certification for commercial service. Initially, Alaska Airlines expected to receive its first 737 MAX 10 in 2025. However, the airline now anticipates that Boeing will deliver the first aircraft in 2026.
In the meantime, 2025 is expected to be the final year for the 737-900 in Alaska Airlines' fleet. “Boeing has communicated that certain B737 and B787-9 aircraft are expected to be delivered later than the contracted delivery timing. For Alaska, this includes B737-9 aircraft contracted for delivery in 2024 that have been moved to 2025, certain B737-8 aircraft contracted for delivery in 2024 and 2025 that have been moved later in the contracted year or into the year following the contracted delivery, and certain B737-10 aircraft contracted for delivery in 2025 and 2026 that have been moved to 2026 or 2027, pending certification of the aircraft type.
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