Mar 19, 2018
On my first Boeing 737 MAX 8 with Southwest Airlines from OAK to RNO!
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On my first Boeing 737 MAX 8 with Southwest Airlines from OAK to RNO!
ABG Trip #137
Reno Tahoe International (RNO) to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC)
Southwest Airlines - WN6164 (Friday, January 26, 2018)
Aircraft 737-73V
Registration: N7839A
Fleet Number: 7839
Engines: 2 x CFM56-7
Hex Code: AA9F3F
First Flight: 08/01/2001
Age: 16.5 years
Original Delivery: Easy Jet then to Aerolineas Argentinas
Scheduled Departure: 9:55 AM PST
Scheduled Arrival: 11:05 AM PST
Gate to Gate: 55 minutes
Flight Time: 40 minutes
Boarding Position: A20
Departing Gate: B1
Arriving Gate: 20
Livery: Heart (introduced September 2014)
Wings: Standard blended winglets for the 737NG
My Seat: 20A (window, left side)
Interior: Standard 737NG interior for aircraft built late 1990s to early 2000s. Had original 737NG bin doors, known as Standard Bins. There were hand rails at the lower edge of the bins on both sides that extended the length of the cabin.
Sidewalls: Recessed lighting without contours around the windows, decorated with small tan dost against a cream background.
Configuration: Y143
Seats: Upholstery: Evolve interior, 143 standard seats upholstered in tan and blue mock leather, with a 31 inch pitch and a 17 inch width.
Inflight Entertainment: Windows. Southwest’s entertainment portal with flight tracker, arrival and connecting gate information, games, and access to Southwest.com at no charge. Free live TV, on-demand TV, movies, web browsing (with paid WiFi access) and messaging during flight. You must download Airtime Player app before boarding if you want to watch a movie or on-demand TV.
Snacks & Meals: Beverages and snacks were not offered on this flight due to anticipated turbulence and the brevity of the flight. In general, nonalcoholic beverages are complementary and alcoholic beverages are available for purchase.
Note: The bulkhead at the boarding door was wrapped in a light gray laminate with smaller darker gray pattern. This is likely left over from previous operators, as it differs from what SWA’s original aircraft have in the same area.
Philippine Airlines Boeing 777-3F6(ER) (RP-C7773), preforming flight PR104 from MNL to SFO, on final approach as seen on a stunning evening from the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. (02/06/2018)
ABG Trip #135 (Going)
OAK to RNO
Southwest Airlines - WN1884 (Thursday, January 11, 2018)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-7H4
Registration: N496WN
First Flight: 12/11/2004
Original Delivery: Southwest Airlines
Scheduled Departure: 8:30 AM PST
Scheduled Arrival: 9:25 AM PST
Gate to Gate: 55 minutes
Flight Time: 28 minutes
Boarding Position: B5
Departing Gate: 26
Arriving Gate: B3
Livery: Spirit One Canyon Blue (introduced January 16, 2001)
Wings: Standard blended winglets for the 737NG
My Seat: 23A (window, left side, second to last row)
Interior: Standard 737NG interior for aircraft built in the mid to late 2000s. Had updated larger overhead bin doors and latches, known as Big Bins.
Sidewalls: Recessed lighting, decorated with small tan dots against a cream background.
Seats & Upholstery: Evolve interior, seats upholstered in blue mock leather.
Inflight Entertainment: Windows. Southwest’s entertainment portal with flight tracker, arrival and connecting gate information, games, and access to Southwest.com at no charge. Free live TV, on-demand TV, movies, web browsing (with paid WiFi access) and messaging during flight. You must download Airtime Player app before boarding if you want to watch a movie or on-demand TV.
Snacks & Meals: Pretzels and beverages.
ABG Trip #133 (Going)
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Honolulu International Airport (HNL)
Virgin America - VX1051 (Friday, December 15, 2017)
Aircraft: Airbus A320-214
Registration: N283VA
Named: Chace Plane
First Flight: 02/10/2015
Original Delivery: Virgin America
Scheduled Departure: 5:30 PM PST
Scheduled Arrival: 9:26 PM HST
Flight Time: 5 hours and 45 minutes
Boarding Group: A
Departing Gate: 54A
Arriving Gate: 23
Livery: White fuselage with “Virgin America” appearing in red above the windows. Red tail with the Virgin logo appearing in white. The engines were painted red, and the winglets had the American flag painted on each side. The name of the aircraft, “Chace Plane”, appeared below the flight deck windows on either side in red.
Wings: Sharklet blended winglets for the A320 family.
My Seat: 11A (window, left side, one row behind the exit row).
Interior: Standard OEM interior for the A320 family built 2007 and on. Features pink and purple mood lighting throughout the cabin.
Sidewalls: Updated 2007 design without contours around the windows. This design is characterized by large window reveals and recessed cove lighting located above in a separate panel. These sidewalls were decorated with small gray/tope squares against a light gray/white background.
Seating & Upholstery: Duel-class service consisting of a First Class and Main Cabin. Seat 11A was in Main Cabin Select. All seats in the Main Cabin are upholstered in black leather with glossy white plastic on the back side of the seat. Each of these seats are equipped with Panasonic Avionics’ personal inflight entertainment systems. Each seat also has inflight entertainment controls in the armrests. The seats in Main Cabin Select have a 38 inch (970 mm) seat pitch, and are 17.7 inches (450 mm) wide. Seats in Main Cabin offer 32 inches (810 mm) of pitch, and are 17.7 inches (450 mm) wide. All seats in the Main Cabin have power-ports and adjustable headrests.
First Class seats are upholstered in white leather with black armrests that have inflight entertainment screens that fold out of them. Inflight entertainment controls are also located in the armrests. Passengers in first class are also provided with adjustable reading lights that are connected to the seats. First Class seats offer 55 inches (1,400 mm) of pitch, and are 21 inches (530 mm) wide.
Inflight Entertainment: Panasonic Avionics’ personal inflight entertainment systems running Virgin’s customized touch-screen GUI called, “Red”. Red 2.0 features a wide selection of movies, TV shows, music, games, messaging, shopping, inflight navigation, meal, and snack options.
Snacks & Meals: There were a variety of beverage, snack, and meal choices available during the flight. Beverages included: water, juice, coffee, tea, soda, diet soda, sparkling water, ginger ale, red and white wine, hard alcohol, and beer. From the variety of snacks and meals, I chose to have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which came with Annie’s Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks.
Notes: Flight VX1051 was originally scheduled on an A321-253N.
ABG Trip #128 (Returning)
RNO to OAK
Southwest Airlines - WN4059 (Thursday, October 26, 2017)
Aircraft Boeing 737-79P
Registration: N7857B
First Flight: 02/04/2005
Original Delivery: China Eastern Airlines
Scheduled Departure: 8:00 PM PDT
Scheduled Arrival: 9:00 PM PDT
Flight Time: 1 hour
Livery Heart (introduced September 2014)
Wings: Standard split skimmer winglets for the 737NG
My Seat: 18D (isle, right side)
Interior: Standard 737NG interior for aircraft built late 2000s. Had BigBins (first offered in 2002), which features updated larger bin doors and latches. The overhead bins also had hand rails at their lower edge that extended the entire length of the cabin on each side.
Sidewalls: Recessed lighting, decorated with small tan dots against a cream background.
Seats & Upholstery: Evolved interior, seats upholstered with blue mock leather.
Inflight Entertainment: Windows. Southwest’s entertainment portal with flight tracker, arrival and connecting gate information, games, and access to Southwest.com at no charge. Free live TV, on-demand TV, movies, web browsing (with paid WiFi access) and messaging during flight. You must download Airtime Player app before boarding if you want to watch a movie or on-demand TV.
Snacks & Meals: Honey roasted peanuts, pretzels, and beverages.
Additional Info.: This aircraft was equipped with forward and mid-cabin life rafts.
ABG Trip #128 (Going)
OAK to RNO
Southwest Airlines - WN1768 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-7H4 (N230WN)
First Flight: 02/01/2006
Original Delivery: Southwest Airlines
Scheduled Departure: 8:55 AM PDT
Scheduled Arrival: 9:45 AM PDT
Livery: Colorado One
Wings: Standard blended winglets for the 737NG
My Seat: 24A (window, left side, last row)
Interior: Standard 737NG interior for aircraft built late 2000s. Had updated larger bin doors and latches.
Sidewalls: Recessed lighting, decorated with small tan dots against a cream background.
Seats & Upholstery: Evolve interior, seats upholstered with blue mock leather.
Inflight Entertainment: Windows. Southwest’s entertainment portal with flight tracker, arrival and connecting gate information, games, and access to Southwest.com at no charge. Free live TV, on-demand TV, movies, web browsing (with paid WiFi access) and messaging during flight. You must download Airtime Player app before boarding if you want to watch a movie or on-demand TV.
Snacks & Meals: Honey roasted peanuts, pretzels, and beverages.
ABG Trip #127 (Going)
SJC to BUR
Southwest Airlines - WN4932 (Friday, October 20, 2017)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-7H4
Registration: N756SA
First Flight: 11/02/1999
Original Delivery: Southwest Airlines
Scheduled Departure: 7:50 AM PDT
Scheduled Arrival: 8:50 AM PDT
Livery: Heart (introduced September 2014)
Wings: Standard blended winglets for the 737NG
My Seat: 21A (window, right side)
Interior: Standard 737NG interior for aircraft built late 1990s to early 2000s. Had original 737NG bin doors.
Sidewalls: Recessed lighting, decorated with small tan dots against a cream background.
Seats & Upholstery: Evolve interior, seats upholstered with blue mock leather.
Inflight Entertainment: Windows. Southwest’s entertainment portal with flight tracker, arrival and connecting gate information, games, and access to Southwest.com at no charge. Free live TV, on-demand TV, movies, web browsing (with paid WiFi access) and messaging during flight. You must download Airtime Player app before boarding if you want to watch a movie or on-demand TV.
Snacks & Meals: Beverage service