Allegiant Air

The ultra-low-cost carrier is growing its fleet and expanding east beyond its original network.

Allegiant CEO John Redmond is bullish on the airline’s planned alliance with Mexico’s Viva Aerobus.

The ULCCs still need approval from the US Transportation Department for their JV.

Routes World 2022 will bring together over 2,000 decision makers from airlines, airports and destinations around the globe.

The essential data related to the airline's performance in recent years.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks

The carrier currently serves eight destinations from the Utah airport.

The ULCC will connect Las Vegas to Orlando by the Floridian resort city’s secondary airport.

Executives at Allegiant Air believe the company will continue its streak of outperformance in 2022, with revenue and capacity in the first quarter (Q1) expected to come in well ahead of 2019 levels.

In addition to robust growth on domestic routes this year, the US carrier is eying entering international markets later this decade.

The ULCC will launch three routes from both Austin, Texas, and Nashville, Tennessee.

The ULCC is, among other objectives, buttressing flying from two Midwest US airports at which it is establishing aircraft and crew bases in 2022.

The Biden administration is skeptical about the benefits of immunized joint ventures (JVs), but even it will be hard-pressed to deny the merits of the proposed tie-up between Allegiant Air and Viva Aerobus.

The carriers are asking US and Mexican authorities to allow an antitrust-immunized alliance to commence in the 2023 first quarter.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The network additions will increase the carrier’s network from the Idaho capital to 15 destinations.

In its July traffic report, the U.S.-based ULCC said its scheduled service capacity for the month was up 16.4% over pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

The ULCC continues its fast expansion even as the COVID-19 pandemic lingers in the US.

The Las Vegas-based ULCC is the first US airline to exceed 2019 capacity levels since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.

Four new destinations are joining Allegiant Air’s network, including Minneapolis-St Paul, the home of rival Sun Country.

The airport recently secured a new customer in Canadian ULCC Swoop.

The carrier will begin flying from Phoenix Sky Harbor in October alongside its existing operations from Phoenix Mesa Gateway.

The ULCC is rightfully boasting that it could be the first U.S. operator to fully recover and its market capitalization has already surpassed pre-pandemic levels.

The ULCC is the first US airline to grow compared to 2019.