WestJet (Calgary) has announced it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement for 65 737 MAX aircraft from Boeing. This order was previously announced on August 29, 2013 as a letter of intent (LOI) to purchase.
This purchase agreement includes commitments for 25 MAX 7 and 40 MAX 8 aircraft with substitution rights to the 737 MAX 9, with deliveries scheduled from 2017 through 2027. As previously announced, the airline will substitute 15 of its existing Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft orders currently scheduled to deliver between December 2014 and 2018, with Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, for a net increase of 50 committed deliveries to its fleet plan. (See the updated Boeing Fleet Plan Schedule below).
| Year | WestJet Boeing Fleet Schedule | |||||||
| ย ย Boeing 737 Commitmentsย a b ย | Totalย Com |
737-700ย Dispย c |
ย Totalย ย | Leaseย Opts |
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| ย 700ย dย | ย 800ย | MAX 7 | MAX 8 | |||||
| 2013 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| 2014 | – | 7 | – | – | 7 | (5) | 2 | ย ย ย ย (3)ย e |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 10 | (5) | 5 | (12) |
| 2016 | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | – | 7 | (8) |
| 2017 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | (6) |
| 2018 | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | – | 7 | (4) |
| 2019 | – | – | 2 | 10 | 12 | – | 12 | (5) |
| 2020 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 6 | – | 6 | (3) |
| 2021 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | (3) |
| 2022 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | – |
| ย ย ย 2023ย f | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | – |
| ย 24-27ย ย | – | – | 15 | 6 | 21 | – | 21 | – |
| Total | 13 | 14 | 25 | 40 | 92 | (10) | 82 | (44) |
| (a) | As of September 26, 2013. |
| (b) | WestJet also has options to purchase an additional 10 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft between the years 2020 and 2021. |
| (c) | Sale of 10 Boeing 737-700 aircraft to Southwest Airlines as announced on May 7, 2013. |
| (d) | WestJet has an option to convert any of these 737-700 Next Generation future commitments to 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. |
| (e) | WestJet expects to renew one of the three lease renewal options on its Boeing 737 aircraft set to expire in 2014. |
| (f) | Based on total commitments and lease renewal options, WestJet’s fleet could be as large as 162 737 Boeing aircraft or as few as 120 737 Boeing aircraft by 2023. |
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. WestJet is selling 10 Boeing 737-700s to Southwest Airlines and will phase out the type in 2017. Boeing 737-7CT C-GWJO (msn 33969) approaches the runway at Los Angeles International Airport.
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