What Kinds of Planes Are on Allegiant Airlines?
Founded in 1997, Allegiant Air is a U.S. airline providing scheduled passenger service within the United States and charter service to Mexico and Canada, as well as domestically. As of November 2010, Allegiant operates a simple fleet of McDonnell Douglas aircraft and has ordered several Boeing aircraft as well. MD-80 Series As of November 2010, Allegiant operates a fleet of 66 McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 series aircraft. The fleet is a combination of MD-81, MD-82, MD-83, MD-87 and MD-88 variants, which hold between 130 to 150 passengers each. As this aircraft is no longer being manufactured, since McDonnell-Douglas no longer exists and Boeing, which acquired McDonnell-Douglas in the late 1990s has shut down production, all of these planes are used, with ages ranging from 13 to 25 years. Boeing 757 Order According to the aviation resource PlaneSpotters.net, which specializes in airline fleet information, Allegiant has four Boeing 757-series aircraft on order, as of November 2010. With a ran
