http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2008/08/25/daily57.html Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 2:55 PM PDT | Modified: Friday, August 29, 20= 08 - 5:02 AM Alaska Airlines retires last MD-80; now =E2=80=98all-Boeing=E2=80=99 After retiring its last MD-80 airplane this week, Alaska Airlines said its = transition to an all-Boeing 737 fleet will save millions of dollars in fuel= costs. A Boeing 737-800 burns about 850 gallons of fuel per hour compared with the= MD-80, which burns about 1,100 gallons per hour. Officials at the subsidia= ry of Seattle-based Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK) said earlier that the= transition would save the company about $115 million per year in jet fuel = costs. With the retirement of the MD-80, Alaska officials Thursday officially unve= iled its specially painted =E2=80=9CSpirit of Seattle=E2=80=9D Boeing 737-8= 00, which sports the colors of Boeing except for the Alaska logo on the tai= l of the plane. Alaska Airlines said it has firm commitments for eight new = 737-800s through 2008, when it will total 116 Boeing 737s. =E2=80=9CWith the last of our MD-80s retiring today and scheduled deliverie= s of additional new Boeing 737-800s this year, Alaska Airlines now operates= one of the youngest, most fuel-efficient and technologically advanced flee= ts in the industry,=E2=80=9D said Bill Ayer, chairman and CEO, in a stateme= nt. Alaska and sister airline Horizon served 1 million passengers at Oakland In= ternational Airport in 2007. Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)=0A=0A=0A <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".