New Alaska Airlines planes are getting some downright Alaskan tail numbers.
The Seattle-based company has run out of tail-numbers ending with "AS" and will instead use "AK" on the tails for new plane deliveries starting this month, the airline said in a post on its website.
"Considering our airline growth, and understanding we were running out of AS registrations, we searched for a new, meaningful set of trailing letters and settled on AK – the two-letter code for the State of Alaska," said Russell Summers, manager of aircraft acquisitions, in the blog post.
Tail-numbers are used to identify aircraft for everything from maintenance to coordinating baggage claims with flights.
Alaska Airlines has used "AS" in reference to its former name, Alaska Star Airlines. The tail-numbers won't change on existing planes.
In January, the company unveiled a set of brand changes, including subtle changes to its plane and terminal designs. This month, Alaska Airlines' parent company announced it would buy Virgin America for $2.6 billion.