Alaska Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max.
The aircraft, a Max-9, will go into service March 1, flying between Seattle and Los Angeles and between Seattle and San Diego.
With the delivery, Alaska becomes the fourth U.S. airline to have Max planes in its fleet, joining American, United and Southwest. The aircraft was allowed back into the skies by the FAA in November following a worldwide grounding that lasted 20 months.
Alaska expects to take delivery of 67 more Max-9s over the next four years, including 12 more this year. Alaska will use the Max to replace most of the Airbus A320-series planes it inherited when it acquired Virgin America in 2016.
Alaska’s Max-9s will have the same configuration as the carrier’s current Boeing 737-900 NGs, including 16 First Class seats, 24 Premium Class seats and 138 seats in the main cabin.