Cargo-passenger “combi” jets out from Alaska Airlines lineup in 2017

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Alaska Airlines will be phasing out its combination cargo and passenger planes used in Southeast Alaska and elsewhere around the state.
That announcement was reported Tuesday in the Alaska Dispatch News.
The airline has five 737-400 “combi” aircraft capable of carrying up to 72 passengers along with a load of cargo, often seafood, in the front of the cabin.
Company spokesperson Halley Knigge says the plan is to phase out those planes by 2017.
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