Ian Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 3
Sometimes it's hard to interpret what's going on with test pilots flying. Alaska's first 787 in the new livery #N784HA is returning to Charleston #KCHS 787 factory on a test flight. (It hadn't flown in 2 weeks so may be painted now.) It made a turn back to CHS from the middle of a circuit. Did they find a problem and abort? Maybe more likely it passed all planned tests and they decided to head back. If it's delivered soon then everything was fine. #Alaska787 #aviation #business #travel #avgeek
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 3
A sure sign the test flight of #Alaska787 #N784HA is going well and there was no urgent situation is the test maneuvers they continued to do on the way back to Charleston, including a go-around. They had more tests to do at low altitude. A separate question is who's flying. With the callsign Boeing 319, we know Boeing test pilots are on board. But Hawaiian/Alaska pilots could be doing a pre-delivery acceptance test flight. #aviation #business #travel #avgeek
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 6
Alaska is managing to not do what any avgeek expected. The first #Alaska787 in Alaska's new international aurora livery is on its delivery flight... to Los Angeles #KLAX? Arrival expected at 12:15pm US/Pacific. I was thinking Seattle. But now I think the Hawaiian Airlines 787 crew base hasn't moved from Honolulu to Seattle yet and that may be the next stop. Maybe relevant: tomorrow is a big day on the history calendar in Honolulu. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N784HA/history/20251206/1510Z/KCHS/KLAX #B789 #aviation #business #travel #avgeek
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 6
Thanks to AirlineVideosLive's YouTube feed, we now know #Alaska787 N784HA is not painted in the new livery yet. It landed at LAX in all-white. Carbon fiber 787s get a base coat of white which is equivalent purpose to the green protective coating seen on new metal planes before painting. So why did they fly it to LAX if it isn't ready to enter service yet? Maybe it is taking pax before paint? #KLAX #B789 #aviation #business #travel #avgeek
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 7
Another snap from AirlineVideosLive's YouTube feed this morning: After 24 hours, #Alaska787 N784HA was seen being tugged across LAX Airport from a west-side remote gate to the east cargo ramp. Maybe loading cargo is why Alaska flew it to LAX before it's painted and ready to enter passenger service. If so, maybe cargo is something for it to do while waiting for a hangar to be ready for paint and equipment installation. #KLAX #B789 #aviation #business #travel #avgeek
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 8
Still curious why Alaska Airlines flew #Alaska787 #N784HA to LAX on its delivery. It should go where it gets paint/interior work. LAX seems expensive just to park. Avgeeks said Hawaiian had its first four 787s done at Kelly Field SKF in San Antonio. But Alaska didn't fly it to SKF. I don't know the plan - but one of the 2 bays in the Boeing paint hangar at PDX will be vacated soon by a Lufthansa 787 getting paint/interior. Nonzero chance but unlikely to use PDX after delivery. #aviation #avgeek
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 9
"All White: Alaska Airlines Receives 1st Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner At LAX" by SimpleFlying (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - More info on #Alaska787 #N784HA arrival at Los Angeles #KLAX in all-white: it is parked temporarily at LAX until scheduled to get its Alaska Aurora paint in January. The original 4 Hawaiian 787-9s will be repainted in Alaska Aurora before Spring launch of Seattle to Rome & London flights. https://simpleflying.com/alaska-airlines-1st-boeing-787-9-dreamliner-lax/ #aviation #travel #avgeek
All White: Alaska Airlines Receives 1st Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner At LAX

A new jet arrives as a clean slate for the growing carrier.

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Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 12
Continuing the saga of #Alaska787 #N784HA, it departed Los Angeles #KLAX as Alaska 9965 bound for Forth Worth Meacham Field #KFTW. There was no public info on what if any work was done during its 6 days at LAX. But Hawaiian has maintenance there. Screenshots of the departure from AirlineVideosLive on YouTube and from ADSB.lol. There is a paint hangar at KFTW, which is my guess where it's going. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N784HA/history/20251212/1940Z/KLAX/KFTW #aviation #travel #avgeek
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Dec 12
#Alaska787 #N784HA arrived at Fort Worth Meacham Field #KFTW and then taxied as expected to a paint hangar. When it comes out of the hangar, it should be the first plane in the new Alaska Aurora livery. We don't know when that will be, but probably not before Christmas. Let's keep alert for fellow planespotters when it emerges. #aviation #travel #avgeek
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Jan 7
#avgeek alert: #Alaska787 #N784HA is headed to Seattle Boeing Field #KBFI from the paint hangar in Ft Worth TX #KFTW. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N784HA/history/20260107/0040Z/KFTW/KBFI #aviation #travel #avgeek
N784HA Flight Tracking and History 06-Jan-2026 (KFTW-KBFI) - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for N784HA 06-Jan-2026 (KFTW-KBFI) including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

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Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Jan 7
I hope someone got a better picture than the BFI webcam. By the time we all knew it was coming, there wasn't time for me to get to Seattle in rainstorm-commute traffic. But actually in Seattle the front passed and rain ended before the landing. ADS-B shows it taxied to a Boeing hangar. No surprise. Alaska doesn't have a 787-sized hangar at SeaTac yet. But Boeing has hangars big enough at BFI, considering that was the flight test base for the 787. #Alaska787 #N784HA #KBFI #aviation #avgeek
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Jan 7
"Alaska Airlines to buy more than 100 Boeing jets in carrier’s biggest order ever" by CNBC / Leslie Josephs - #Alaska787 flew to Boeing Field #KBFI for a joint Alaska & Boeing announcement. Besides unveiling the new 787 livery this morning, Alaska ordered 105 737 MAX10s + 5 787-10s. CNBC asked Alaska Airlines CEO Minicucci what changed in 2 years since #AS1282. Boeing has regained trust. Alaska also has staff in the factory to verify. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/alaska-airlines-boeing-order-737-10-dreamliners.html #aviation #business #travel #avgeek
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Jan 7
"Alaska Airlines orders 110 Boeing jets, a record purchase to boost global service" by KOMO News (ABC Seattle) - Media are starting to post images from Alaska Airlines unveiling of #Alaska787 #N784HA in new Alaska aurora livery for international flights. The press event in a Boeing hangar at Boeing Field #KBFI in Seattle also announced the new order for 105 737 MAX10 + 5 787-10 planes for delivery from 2027 to 2035. https://komonews.com/news/local/alaska-airlines-orders-110-boeing-jets-a-record-purchase-to-boost-global-service-airplane-plane-travel-industry-manufacturing-international-america-arrival-departure-seattle-tacoma-international-airport-737 #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW
Alaska Airlines orders 110 Boeing jets, a record purchase to boost global service

Alaska Airlines has made the largest aircraft order in the carrier’s history, purchasing 105 Boeing 737-10 jets and five Boeing 787-10 widebody aircraft as it p

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Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Jan 7
"Alaska Airlines welcomes first 787 widebody aircraft in new global livery", press release by Alaska Airlines - Official photos and time-lapse painting video released of #Alaska787 #N784HA, which were taken outside the paint hangar at Fort Worth Meacham Field #KFTW before departure for its Seattle unveiling. (There have not yet been blue skies in the normally-rainy #PNW since it arrived last night.) https://news.alaskaair.com/images-videos/alaska-airlines-global-livery/ #aviation #business #travel #avgeek
Alaska Airlines welcomes first 787 widebody aircraft in new global livery - Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air

Alaska Airlines welcomed the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner painted in its new global livery. The exterior design draws inspiration from the natural wonder of the Aurora Borealis, featuring a palette of deep midnight blues and lush emerald greens that channel the aurora’s energy and spirit of the Alaska brand. Utilizing a new aircraft painting technology, it took artists nearly 1,000 hours across 13 days to paint the aircraft exterior from nose to tail. Photos by Alaska Airlines

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Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋Jan 7
Alaska Airlines posted their #Alaska787 time-lapse painting video on YouTube, titled "The future of Alaska Airlines is here | Meet our first 787 Dreamliner" (56 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWOkhS26GH4 #N784HA #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW
The future of Alaska Airlines is here | Meet our first 787 Dreamliner

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Show threadChilly  🛡️  Jan 8
@ikluft
Its so pretty  
Show threadIan Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋
@chillybot Definitely better out in sunlight than it was in the original computer renderings!
Jan 8 at 12:48amWeb