DL & AS announcement on Monday in SEA!

[Mea25000]

its good news!

 

[CesnaCaptn]

its good news!

You're old story was way more elaborate. I hope it comes true.

 

[Flyby1206]

Well i'll be damned:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012...News&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&rpc=43


Oct 11 (Reuters) - Alaska Air Group Inc, parent company of Alaska Airlines, will order 50 Boeing Co 737 single-aisle jetliners on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
The order is expected to include Boeing's current generation 737 aircraft and the updated 737 MAX-8 and MAX-9 jetliners, the daily said. ()
Alaska Air Group operates an all-Boeing 737 fleet, made up of a total of 117 aircraft as of Dec. 31 last year.
Boeing reported an increase in orders last quarter, helped by orders for the new 737 MAX.
Boeing had received 821 orders for the 737 MAX by Oct. 3. Launched last year, these have more fuel efficient engines.
Boeing and Alaska Airlines could not immediately be reached for comment outside regular U.S. business hours.

 

[redflyer65]

It was bad enough when "growth"=increased ASM even if total airframes stay the same or go down.

Now apparently, the new standard is "growth"=growth of a code share partner.

Bingo.

More codeshare!

 

[General Lee]

Well i'll be damned:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012...News&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&rpc=43


Oct 11 (Reuters) - Alaska Air Group Inc, parent company of Alaska Airlines, will order 50 Boeing Co 737 single-aisle jetliners on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
The order is expected to include Boeing's current generation 737 aircraft and the updated 737 MAX-8 and MAX-9 jetliners, the daily said. ()
Alaska Air Group operates an all-Boeing 737 fleet, made up of a total of 117 aircraft as of Dec. 31 last year.
Boeing reported an increase in orders last quarter, helped by orders for the new 737 MAX.
Boeing had received 821 orders for the 737 MAX by Oct. 3. Launched last year, these have more fuel efficient engines.
Boeing and Alaska Airlines could not immediately be reached for comment outside regular U.S. business hours.

Alaska Airlines orders 50 Boeing jets worth $5 billion

Reuters – 34 minutes ago

(Reuters) - U.S. carrier Alaska Airlines said on Thursday it will buy 50 737 single-aisle jetliners, worth $5 billion at list prices, from Boeing Co in its largest order yet.

The order includes 37 of Boeing's upcoming 737 MAX, the new-engine variant of the popular 737 that offers better fuel efficiency. Alaska is also taking 13 Next-Generation extended-range 737 jets.

Alaska Airlines, whose parent is Alaska Air Group Inc, currently operates an all-Boeing fleet of 120 737s, and signaled in a statement that it intends to have only Boeing jets for many years. It said the newest planes, most of which will replace older aircraft, are to be delivered between 2015 and 2022.

The 737 MAX is Boeing's answer to the Airbus A320neo jet, a revamp of the A320 family that will have more efficient engines. Airbus, a unit of Europe's EADS, and Boeing compete for the lion's share of a jet market estimated at $100 billion a year.

Earlier this month, Boeing reported an increase in orders for its third quarter, helped by the MAX.It said the Alaska Airlines order brought the total number of MAX orders to 858 to date.

Boeing's shares were up 1.1 percent to $71.10 in morning trading, while Alaska Air was down 0.2 percent to $36.51.


(Reporting by Neha Alawadhi and A. Ananthalakshmi in Bangalore





That's great. Most will be replacing other aircraft, but that is nonetheless a great plane and I am sure you will enjoy it.



Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Mea25000]

75 firm orders and options for even more... they fully intend on exercising all 69. The 2/3rds part protects our share holders. Throwing 250 million at our market cap was also meant as a stabilizer to our share price and why it was announced first. You just can't publicly announce you are more then doubling your capacity and expect your company's valuation to be unchanged. If the company can show the board they can successfully manage all this new capacity this order will take us to 227 jets... We have 114 right now. This really is great news for every Alaska employee and the largest aircraft order in our history.

 

[Singlecoil]

75 firm orders and options for even more... options they fully intend on exercising. The 2/3rds part protects our share holders. Throwing 250 million at our market cap was also meant as a stabilizer to our share price and why it was announced first. You just can't publicly announce you are more then doubling your capacity and expect your company's valuation to be unchanged. If the company can show the board they can successfully manage all this new capacity this order will take us to 217 jets... We have 114 right now. This really is great news for every Alaska employee and the largest aircraft order in our history.

You will retire before they get to 217. I'll use your number, 114 today. According to the announcement, in 2022 we will have 25 more so 139. There are 69 options, but expect those to be past 2022 and many of those will be replacement aircraft.

 

[Mea25000]

31 years left.. I will be here

 

[Mea25000]

25 previous orders, 50 new firm orders, 69 options. They release what the market can comfortably digest. 400's and 700's will all be gone. Your right this is terrible news... I work for the worst company in the world. All they do is lie cheat and steal.. Nothing to see here move along. Back to being miserable. This isn't APPLE do you know what capacity growth does to your market cap in our industry?

 

[CesnaCaptn]

Mea, when do you expect/predict Alaska will be at 217 airplanes? I heard a rumor out of left field that AS is ramping up hiring even more for next year. Boeing sims will start getting used this winter.