ULCCs are renowned for fast growth, but that is not presently the case for the USA’s Allegiant. Data supplied by the airline to Cirium for April-September (Q2/Q3) shows that it has 10.48 million available seats, -2.6% versus the same six months in 2022. In contrast, US domestic seats are +9.1%. While Allegiant has far exceeded […]
May 22, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Jackson Hole enjoys a world-class location. Situated in Grand Teton National Park and not too far from Yellowstone, Jackson Hole is Wyoming’s busiest airport. Well placed to capitalise on the pandemic-driven desire for outdoor activities, including skiing, Jackson Hole welcomed more than one million passengers in 2021. As the following figure shows, it was the […]
April 19, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Pennsylvania’s third most populous city, Allentown (best known in popular culture as the title of the lead track on Billy Joel’s 1982 US Top 10 album The Nylon Curtain) ended 2022 with 912,256 passengers. It exceeded its 2019 volume by just 286 passengers, based on the airport’s own figures. It was its highest traffic since […]
February 28, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Allegiant has started two new routes from Nashville. On 15 February the carrier began connecting the airport in Tennessee with a 3-weekly service to Akron-Canton in Ohio and a 2-weekly service to Provo in Utah. The ULCC flies the 700-kilometre route to Akron-Canton each Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the A320 aircraft where it competes […]
February 17, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Allegiant has flights to 125 airports in W22. It added Akron/Canton in March, building on eight that materialised in 2021: Orange County and Spokane in February, Portland (Oregon) in April, Key West in June, Minneapolis and Phoenix Sky Harbor in October and Orlando MLB and Washington IAD in November. Inevitably, not everything has gone smoothly. […]
November 16, 2022 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
With demand currently at around 90% of what it was during the same period three years ago, it is not surprising that there are many US domestic routes that were operating in August 2019 that are not operating this August. What is maybe more surprising is how many US domestic routes that were operating last […]
July 29, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Melbourne Orlando International Airport (IATA code MLB) became the newest US airport to welcome transatlantic flights when a TUI Airways 787-8 arrived at 16:44 local time on 22 March after a flight of eight hours and 36 minutes from Manchester in the UK. This is the first of eight routes from the UK that the […]
March 23, 2022 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Appleton International Airport (IATA code ATW – which must make it a favourite with our colleagues at Air Transport World) is Wisconsin’s third busiest airport after Milwaukee and Madison. Located around 160 kilometres north of Milwaukee, Appleton lies on the Fox River which is connected to nearby Lake Winnebago. The airport is just 40 kilometres […]
March 18, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Allegiant began non-stop service on Wednesday 9 March between Toledo in Ohio and Phoenix-Mesa in Arizona. The 2,620-kilometre route will be flown on Wednesdays and Saturdays by the airline’s A320 fleet. The connection is currently only being offered until 14 May, with the route returning later in the year, still 2-weekly, on 5 October. American […]
March 14, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Allegiant on 2 March launched the first of four new, non-stop routes from Akron-Canton in Ohio. Punta Gorda was the first destination to launch, with Sarasota/Bradenton and Savannah following on 3 March. Finally, St. Pete/Clearwater service was launched on 4 March. All four routes will be flown 2-weekly and none face direct competition. This marks […]
March 8, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Allegiant surprised many industry observers last week by announcing an order with Boeing for brand new aircraft. It will purchase 50 737 MAX aircraft (a mix of 737-7s and 737-8-200s) and has an option to purchase 50 more. This marks an evolution of the airline’s fleet policy which has previously been based around using older, […]
January 11, 2022 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Allegiant Air on Wednesday 15 December launched year-round service from Tulsa in Oklahoma to Sarasota/Bradenton on the southwestern coast of Florida, between Tampa (to the north) and Fort Myers (to the south). Flights will operate 2-weekly (Wednesdays and Sundays) on the 1,590-kilometre route using the airline’s A320s. This is now Tulsa’s fourth year-round route to […]
December 22, 2021 | Latest Route News +