Allegiant secures MAX options and swaps -7s for -8200s

US leisure carrier Allegiant has secured options for another thirty Boeing MAX aircraft, bringing its total firm order and purchase rights to 130 aircraft. But the airline has amended the original order and now intends to take more MAX 8200s and fewer MAX 7s, it said on October 3.

Allegiant placed an order

for thirty MAX 7s and twenty MAX 8200s in December 2021 for delivery between 2023 and 2025, plus fifty purchase rights. In a stock exchange filing, the airline said on Tuesday:

“Under the amended agreements, the mix of 737 MAX-8200 and 737 MAX-7 aircraft has been altered so that there will be more 737 MAX-8200 aircraft and fewer 737 MAX-7 aircraft. The amended agreements reflect a revised delivery schedule with the first delivery due under the amendment in late 2023 and the delivery schedule for the initial 50 aircraft to now extend through late 2025. In addition, the amended agreement now provides for revised terms to acquire as many as 80 (in total) additional 737 MAX aircraft, subject to the terms of the agreement.”