Alaska widens freighter footprint

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Friday, 16 February 2024

The USA's Alaska Airlines will in April launch a new service to Los Angeles using its two new Boeing 737-800 converted freighters.

Adam Drouhard, its managing director for cargo said the airline already has three Boeing 737-700 converted freighters, but they don’t fly beyond Seattle.

By bringing on the new 737-800 cargo jets, “we’re making sure we’re getting reliability in our schedule, getting more balanced with our fleet. But it’s going to add a lot of capacity and growth. There will be about 70 per cent more capacity in our network overall for the state,” Drouhard said.