Alaska Airlines Orders More than 100 Boeing Planes

SEATTLE TIMES - Alaska Airlines placed an order for more than 100 Boeing planes Wednesday, the largest order in the airline’s history.

The order includes 105 narrowbody 737 MAX 10s and five widebody 787-10s. It also includes the option for an additional 35 737s down the line.

The widebody aircraft will help Alaska achieve its intercontinental ambitions. Alaska set out last year to turn its Seattle hub into a “global gateway,” with plans to offer 12 new long-haul international routes from Seattle by 2030. So far, it has announced five of those routes, launching nonstop flights to Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo-Narita in 2025 and London, Rome and Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2026. 

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Note:  The 737 is manufactured at Boeing's Renton Production Facility.

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