Allegiant to acquire and merge with Sun Country

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Allegiant and Sun Country Airlines to Combine, Creating a Leading, More Competitive Leisure-Focused U.S. Airline

Allegiant ( NASDAQ: ALGT ) and Sun Country Airlines (NASDAQ: SNCY) today announced a definitive merger agreement under which Allegiant will acquire Sun Country in a cash and stock transaction at an implied value of $18.89 per Sun Country share. Sun Country shareholders will receive 0.1557 shares...

ir.allegiantair.com

 

[Inverted]

This makes sense.

 

[Roger Roger]

I was hoping we’d get Sunny, although that never made sense. An MSP base would be a no brainer for me.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

That leaves among the larger majors, JetBlue, Spirit, and Frontier.

Let’s make something happen. MAMA = Make Airline Mergers Again

 

[skypilot6]

There's the first checkmark on my 2026 Bingo Card!

 

[ChasenSFO]

I called it as soon as Allegiant ordered the 737MAX, wished I was wrong.

 

[Box hauler]

Who here thought the first merger announcement this year wouldn’t include Spirit? I sure didn’t see that coming.

 

[CFIT99]

anyone with those two operators have any "vibes" of how this feels?

From the outside it looks like a good thing...also not surprised.

 

[jtrain609]

How do you parse outstation basing with a single hub carrier?

 

[scooter2525]

How do you parse outstation basing with a single hub carrier?

"synergies"

 

[derg]

Jake leaves to visit The Phillipines for a few weeks and is coming back to a surprise M&A.

 

[WacoFan]

Is there any speculation on how this will impact upgrade timelines and seniority needed to hold specific bases? At Alaska. Asking for VeganSupreme.

 

[Richman]

Jake leaves to visit The Phillipines for a few weeks and is coming back to a surprise M&A.

Jake? From State Farm?

 

[derg]

Jake? From State Farm?

“Uhh, khakis?”

 

[Malko]

Allegiant tried MSP and took off after Delta squashed them. Maybe 2nd time around will be better. Unless i need SWA for some odd reason i stay away from Terminal 2.

 

[MikeD]

Allegiant tried MSP and took off after Delta squashed them. Maybe 2nd time around will be better. Unless i need SWA for some odd reason i stay away from Terminal 2.

How is SWAs assigned seating working out? A few of their cabin crew I talked to once were highly welcoming it.

 

[Malko]

Jake? From State Farm?

Nah… Jake that seems to lose his clothes any time there’sa body of water nearby. #amirite @derg ?

 

[Malko]

How is SWAs assigned seating working out? A few of their cabin crew I talked to once were highly welcoming it.

haven’t had to use them since Delta added a non-stop to ORF….

 

[derg]

Nah… Jake that seems to lose his clothes any time there’sa body of water nearby. #amirite @derg ?

Yes!

 

[ChasenSFO]

How do you parse outstation basing with a single hub carrier?

You gut the airline, take the 737s and the type rated pilots, then have some gates at MSP with MX and other facilities. Tho with Spirit dropping out of MSP and Frontier being an operational mess all the time, MSP is a good place for sunbird and gambling flying.

Allegiant served St. Cloud and Duluth for years, my relatives have actually mostly flown on them to Arizona or Vegas. Not an unknown brand in that region, and I have found Allegiant to be much better than modern Frontier this decade.