What Aircraft Does Alaska Fly? Alaska Air Group Fleet Guide

Alaska's fleet can no longer be described accurately as only Boeing 737s. Alaska Air Group acquired Hawaiian, and the two airlines combined operations under one FAA operating certificate in October 2025 while preserving the Hawaiian brand. Regional partners and freighters add two more scopes.

This guide was reviewed on July 23, 2026. The current counts are from Alaska Air Group's fleet page dated July 2026.

The combined operating fleet

Alaska Air Group's current fleet table lists 422 operational aircraft when passenger, cargo, and regional aircraft are included:

• 254 Boeing 737-family aircraft;
• 5 Boeing 787-9s;
• 34 Airbus A330-family aircraft, including 10 freighters;
• 18 Airbus A321neos;
• 19 Boeing 717s; and
• 92 Embraer E175 regional jets.

This is a group total. It is not the count of aircraft carrying only the Alaska brand.

Boeing 737 family

The 737 remains the core of the former Alaska mainline fleet. The July 2026 table includes 737-700, 737-800, 737-900ER, 737 MAX 8, and 737 MAX 9 passenger aircraft, plus five 737 freighters.

Alaska had 11 passenger 737-700s, 59 737-800s, 79 737-900ERs, 20 MAX 8s, and 80 MAX 9s on the table's date. Orders for the 737-10 are future commitments; the model should not appear in the active count before delivery and entry into service.

Hawaiian-branded widebodies and interisland aircraft

The combined group also operates aircraft historically associated with Hawaiian:

• Airbus A330-200 widebodies;
• Boeing 787-9 widebodies;
• Airbus A321neos; and
• Boeing 717s used in the interisland network.

Ten A330-300 freighters support cargo operations and should not be presented as passenger aircraft. The Hawaiian brand remains visible even though Alaska and Hawaiian now share an operating certificate.

Regional flying uses the Embraer E175

Horizon Air and SkyWest operate E175s in Alaska's regional network. The July table lists 49 Horizon-operated and 43 SkyWest-operated aircraft.

An E175 sold under an Alaska flight number may therefore be operated by a regional carrier. The operating-carrier line on the itinerary provides the correct operator.

The Q400 is not active

Older Alaska fleet guides often list the Bombardier Q400. Horizon retired its final Q400s in January 2023. The current official fleet table contains no Q400s, so describing them as active is incorrect.

Counts and orders are different

Alaska Air Group's 2025 annual filing separates actual aircraft, expected deliveries, and future orders. That is important during the integration and fleet-growth period: a purchase agreement does not mean an aircraft is already flying.

For a trip, check both the aircraft type and operating carrier, then recheck close to departure. A 737, A321, A330, 787, 717, and E175 provide very different cabins, and assignments can change.

The accurate current summary is a mixed Alaska Air Group fleet. “Alaska flies only Boeing” is no longer true at the group or operating-certificate level.