Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma International) has completed the phase-out of all of its A320-200s inherited from Virgin America (San Francisco) following that carrier's 2018 takeover.
The type has exited the active fleet as of January 9, 2023, just a few days behind the most recent schedule which foresaw an accelerated retirement by the end of 2022. The ch-aviation fleets module shows that Alaska Airlines operated 29 leased A320s in mid-2022 and began their retirement in July 2022. Just 12 remained in the fleet at the end of 2022, of which six operated their last flight on January 8 and the other six the day later.
The 29 Airbus aircraft are currently in storage at Victorville (17 units), Greensboro Piedmont Triad International (nine), Lake City, FL, Everett, and San Antonio International (one each).
The airline plans to retire all DHC-8-Q400s operated by its Horizon Air (QX, Seattle Tacoma International) subsidiary by the end of the current quarter, and all ten A321-200Ns (ordered by Virgin America, although six were delivered post-takeover directly to Alaska Airlines) by the end of the year. Alaska Air Group's long-term fleet plan focuses on B737NG/MAX for the mainline and E175s for Horizon Air.
