So I dropped my aunt an uncle off at Portland International Airport last weekend and I'm back a week later to pick them up! I got a little under an hour of spotting in since I was waiting to pick up people this time, so I didn't get much on this go-around but I still got a few worthwhile shots. Main highlights of this spotting trip include not one but two Airbus A319s in Virgin America colors, which have yet to get painted in the Alaska Airlines livery (I've actually never seen or photographed a Virgin America A319 before until today!) and my first look at Air Canada's new livery via one of Jazz Air's Q400s.
Preview:
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| Boutique Air Pilatus PC-12/45 (N776JT) airborne off 28R as BTQ354 for Pendleton. |
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| Alaska Airlines Airbus A320-214 (N623VA) taxiing for departure as ASA1808 for San Francisco. Former Virgin America "three if by air." |
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| Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 (N934WN) departing on 28L as SWA2963 for Denver. |
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| SkyWest Airlines (d/b/a Alaska Airlines) Embraer ERJ-170-200LR E-175LR (N187SY) arriving on 28L as SKW3318 from Seattle-Tacoma. |
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| Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 (N457WN) arriving on 28L as SWA3721 from Las Vegas. |
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| ASA1808 departing on 28L for San Francisco. |
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| Jazz Air (d/b/a Air Canada Express) Bombardier DHC-8-402 Dash 8 Q400 (C-GJZK) arriving onn 28R as JZA8125 from Vancouver. Finally, I get to lay eyes on the new Air Canada livery for the first time! |
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| JZA8125 clearing off 28R. Air Canada launched this new retro red and black livery on February 9, 2017 to coincide with the airline's 80th anniversary and Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation. The updated livery includes design aspects from the logo used between 1964 and 1992, with an overall white colour scheme, with a black underside, tail fin with red maple leaf rondelle, black "Air Canada" lettering with a red maple leaf rondelle underneath, and a black "mask" surrounding the cockpit windows. Anyone else gets the impression that the plane looks like some sort of bandit or raccoon with that cockpit window "mask?" |
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| American Airlines Boeing 737-823 (N840NN) arriving on 28L as AAL1460 from Dallas-Fort Worth. |
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| Virgin America (d/b/a Alaska Airlines) Airbus A319-112 (N523VA) "contents may be under pressure" taxiing for departure as ASA1552 for Palm Springs. My first time catching an A319 in the Virgin America livery. |
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| Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900/ER (N293AK) arriving on 28L as ASA659 from Phoenix Sky Harbor. Delivered to Alaska Airlines earlier this month! |
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| Virgin America (d/b/a Alaska Airlines) Airbus A319-112 (N527VA) "tubular belle" taxiing for departure as ASA1798 for Los Angeles. |
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| Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-890 (N569AS) taxiing for departure three hours late as ASA809 for Kahului. Formerly the "Starliner 75" retro jet. Kind of disappointing that Alaska repainted it to the standard livery... |
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| Horizon Air (d/b/a Alaska Airlines) Embraer ERJ-170-200LR E-175LR (N628QX) arriving on 28L as QXE2695 from Spokane. |
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| ASA1552 departing on 28L. Alaska Airlines is currently focusing on getting the A320s acquired from the merger with Virgin America repainted in order to remain consistent, so the A319s and any A321neos will remain in the Virgin colors for a little longer. |
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| ASA1798 departing on 28L for Los Angeles. Glad to get two Virgin America A319s this spotting trip! |
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| Spirit Airlines Airbus A320-232(WL) (N648NK) arriving on 28R as NKS260 from Las Vegas. |
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| United Airlines Airbus A320-232 (N404UA) arriving on 28R as UAL2055 from San Francisco. |
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