Alaska’s Anchorage to New York Inaugural Flight

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Date: June 13, 2024
From: Anchorage Ted Stevens International (ANC)
To: New York John F. Kennedy International (JFK)
Airline: Alaska Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8
Flight Number: AS607
Registration: N801AK
Seat: 8A
Flight time: 6 hours 46 minutes
Scheduled Takeoff Time: 8:00 PM AKDT
Actual Takeoff Time: 8:17 PM AKDT
Scheduled Landing Time: 7:03 AM EDT
Actual Landing Time: 7:02 AM EDT
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[@scotttild]

Alaska has to be the greatest state to just look out the window.

[@amaryahjohnson2407]

Hey, I met you there at Gate C4. I have my coat color is yellow, and my hat color is green. We were together to ride the plane from ANC far to JFK's first day of new service nonstop. We remember? Thank you for coming with our new group.

[@henryseim2625]

the transition into the timelapse at 16:55 was clean!

[@alaskatripreports]

So happy I got to do this flight with you I had such a blast!!! @TheTripReporter ! Cheers to being on the longer nonstop!

[@CMH-aviation]

🎵In New York, Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, Theres nothing you can’t do, Now you’re in New York, these streets will make you feel brand new, the lights will inspire you, lets hear it for New York, New York, New York🎵

[@EDDAHLEN]

🎵In New York, Concrete jungle wet dream tomato🎵

[@davidegomez3026]

Was fun doing another inaugural with you in what feels like less than a month.

[@exoendo805]

Having a direct New York before DFW is wild

[@TheTripReporter]

There’s seasonal direct to DFW on American

[@onhiatus526]

I flew Zipair from Tokyo to Honolulu when I was returning from Japan, and it took as long as this flight, on a 787!

[@user-vl5tu2fn7r]

I think that Yogi Bear would have loved eating the salmon with bengals.

[@agimibraimi96]

Boeing max jets used the leap 1B not the 1A, that one js made for the a320 neo.

[@Buy_YT_Views.8677]

love the effort you put in making your videos

[@j.durr_]

No complimentary meal in Economy for a 7+ hour flight is wild. Hawaiian serves a meal with 2 choices and a snack prior to arrival on flights between Honolulu and Austin which is a similar length. Will be interesting to see if AS waters down that service post-merger.

[@Leo_Vasileio]

Yeah, good catch. In my opinion Alaska seats are also extremely thin. I would never do that long of a flight on them.

[@Worldly876]

That is pretty much standard now on all domestic airlines except for premium transcontinental routes (NY-LAX and NY-SF0).

[@j.durr_]

@@Worldly876 100% - United doesn’t offer anything on EWR-ANC either. Just trying to call out how carriers differentiate themselves on these primarily leisure AK/HI routes. Delta offers lunch & a light snack on MSP-HNL but nothing on ATL-ANC. American offers snack/brunch on DFW-HNL but nothing on ORD-ANC. All similar flight lengths. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Worldly876]

@@j.durr_ yeah so the Hawaii flights may be another exception to no food. One point is that AA took out ovens in their economy galleys of domestically configured narrowbody planes. I found that out when I flew to Quito, Ecuador pre pandemic. Outbound was a 737 with no oven so dinner was a cold sandwich. Inbound was a internationally configured (and now all retied) 757 and we got a hot breakfast. So even where the planes fly internationally and you get a meal, it will always be cold on American with a narrowbody until their A321XLRs arrive.

[@Hahlen]

They are going to keep the brands separate so I imagine not

[@rockymountainbeerguy5656]

United operates a seasonal direct flight from Dulles to Anchorage and back on a 737MAX8.

[@Eddieanthony-fs7is]

United used to operate Newark-ANC with a 757 but now with a MAX8

[@georgescott3652]

Love this!

[@willbygosh4887]

Check out the new Avelo flight between Lakeland Florida and New Haven Connecticut.

[@URMOMIA1ST]

I live in alaska

[@MileHigh_Aviation]

great video 🎉

[@kjjones8627]

The Alaska MAX 8s are not powered by LEAP 1A as shown at 3:04. The MAX has the LEAP 1Bs , B for Boeing A for Airbus. The LEAP 1As are on the Airbus A320NEOs

[@TheTripReporter]

I’m aware of the error

[@krizzle4087]

Aleyksa Skiing LETSSS GOOO

[@scmcdermott888]

Great video!

[@gledatelj1979]

Tokyo is only 75 miles longer flight (3450 )

[@Domilic-sh8zr]

Awesome

[@Sobersurfer222]

Is the WiFi fast enough for cloud gaming, like Amazon Luna? Was hoping so for Alaska flight from Honolulu to LAX.

[@mikhailavia]

Interesting flight report 👍✈️🇷🇺

[@davidcole333]

They'd have to pay me to fly to New York. No thanks.

[@BrotherMichaeloftheCross]

One thing Boeing critics have a hard time with is that the machines they build fly flawlessly and are well-liked by their customers.

[@TheTripReporter]

100% agree

[@darrenfike924]

are you gonna do a trip report from jfk to anc on alaska 737-8 ? id like to see how they deal with strong headwind going west in that plane

[@TheTripReporter]

I didn’t fly back to ANC from JFK

[@AKCraftyAF]

ASA uses the Max 8 and the Max 9 on these routes. So far it’s been seamless, but there are plans in place in the case of a needed tech stop. So far both AC have handled it just fine. (Suctions cups as well as any other devices that can considered to be ‘attached to the plane’ are not legal to be attached for taxi, take off & landing per the FAA) During flight would have been fine.

[@FreeLethal44]

If I am not mistaken, AS just got their 3rd max in honor of those who serve livery. Was it a full flight? I wanted to catch this flight.

[@TheTripReporter]

It was their 2nd or 3rd. Nah the flight wasn’t so full

[@bml33]

They did not let you put the suction cup on the window?

[@Neurosis_Cordis]

It’s MAX, it could’ve caused the window to blow out.

[@bml33]

@@Neurosis_Cordis seriously?

[@Neurosis_Cordis]

@@bml33 I was being facetious because of all the issues MAX has been having over the years, one of them being the door plug that blew out on another AK Airlines MAX this January, shortly after takeoff.

[@bml33]

@@Neurosis_Cordis Whew good to know. Now I can keep taking my GoPro and recording my flights!

[@TheTripReporter]

They didn’t let us since its apparently against either airline policy or FAA

[@BigDipper79]

Shame on Alaska for no complimentary meal on a 7 hour flight. American companies need to get back to the basics. Most foreign airlines offer complimentary on just 2-3 hour flights. 😂

[@TheTripReporter]

Not just Alaska but every US airline, I strongly agree meals should be offered free of charge for long fligjts

[@stevenoquilluk]

How was the flight ?

[@TheTripReporter]

Not too bad

[@AlTaJr61]

NO Complimentary Meals in Economy on a 7HOUR flight!!!

[@tombirkland]

No free meals if you drive from ANC to JFK

[@AlTaJr61]

@@tombirkland yeah BUT you can stop at a Gas Station, a Denny's, Mcdonalds and buy Food instead of just ONE Biscoff cookie or teeny weeny packet of Pretzels.

[@tombirkland]

@@AlTaJr61 You can buy food on the plane. It's a bit pricey, and isn;t really a full meal. But the food for sale on Alaska is better than most other airlines, and, if nothing else, you're still ahead of the game on the plane, considering it's a 73 hour drive from ANC to JFK. Not counting stops.

[@AlTaJr61]

@@tombirkland not sure about UA, DL, JB but thank goodness AA and Hawaiian are giving Boxed Meals in Economy on flts to/from Hawaii. AA is also providing Boxed Meals (sandwich, chips, desert bar) on flts from BOS/NYC to West Coast.

[@user-xh8lf6ju4r]

@@AlTaJr61No free meal UA EWR to ANC either

[@HDNYCAviation]

Painful

[@TheTripReporter]

I was comfortable the entire flight

[@archieolmstead6688]

7 hours on a Boing built plane? No thanks!😂

[@alaskatripreports]

Thanks so much for the mention too you got me in your video a lot more than the news did so I really appreciate it!! Can’t wait to fly with you again one day @TheTripReporter ! My inagural video is out! You should watch that tooo!!!

[@thailandrose2603]

Who in their right mind would fly that long in a Crash and Burn 737 MAX. Two thumbs down to your video.

[@TheTripReporter]

Womp womp airbus fanboy

[@JamesBond009]

​@TheTripReporter If it's a Boeing I ain't a going.😂😂😂 Jokes I enjoy flying on Air Canada's 787's to and from the UK.