Allegiant Air Expanding to Two Mini-Hubs: Phoenix-Mesa and Fort Lauderdale
Posted on August 1, 2007
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Low-cost airline, Allegiant Air, LLC, a subsidiary of Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) today announced it will establish bases at two new world-class, leisure destinations: Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Flying from America’s “favorite” small cities, Allegiant plans to launch the new service to Phoenix-Mesa Oct. 25 from 13 markets already served by the carrier.
On Nov. 14, Allegiant will begin nonstop flights to Fort Lauderdale from 12 markets, 11 of which already enjoy Allegiant’s unique brand of vacation value and convenience.
The first route will be announced and available for purchase Aug. 9 and all routes will be announced by the end of September. A clock on the company’s website will provide a count down to each new city announcement and can be viewed at http://www.allegiantair.com/.
“We’re extremely pleased to add both sunny South Florida and Arizona to our growing roster of world-class vacation destinations,” Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., Allegiant Travel Company president and CEO, said. “These two new markets will give our customers even more opportunities to enjoy a convenient, low-cost and sunny vacation getaway.”
The self-proclaimed “Official Airline for Sunshine” will base 130-seat, MD-80 series jet aircraft at Williams Gateway Airport and 150-seat aircraft at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. With the addition of these two new bases, the Las Vegas-based airline will service five world-class, leisure destinations, including McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas), Orlando Sanford International Airport and St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport.
Allegiant Air currently provides low-cost scheduled service to more than 50 cities across the U.S., with 42 routes to Las Vegas, 26 routes to Orlando and 14 routes to the Tampa Bay area. In addition to its scheduled service, the airline also operates charter service throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
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The question now comes up: Will Youngstown-Warren Regional be one of the 11 current Allegiant Markets to fly to Fort Lauderdale, Florida? At least one person on Airliners.net believes we may pick up at least 2 flights to FLL. Read Here: Airliners.net LINK
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RFD already has a plan to lure Allegiant for flights to both new hubs. It may or may not work. This article describes it and provides a reaction from Tyri Squyres:
“Allegiant spokeswoman Tyri Squyres said the airline doesn’t ever ask for revenue guarantees and instead is more interested in how many people would use the routes. She said Rockford’s idea is a great way to show that.”
“The campaign that they launched today, it’s so outstanding, we’ve not seen any market do this before,” she said. “I can’t wait to see what people say.”
This is the kind of creativity YNG is going to have to initiate if they ever want to get into the game.
http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070802/BUSINESS12/108020043/1002/BUSINESS