Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air will end flying between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii in August 2016, and retire the five Boeing 757-200s from its fleet, company executives told employees earlier this week.
Back in 2012, Allegiant began flying to Hawaii, and initially, it connected several cities with the islands, including Bellingham, Fresno, Boise, and Phoenix/Mesa, and also served Hawaii from Las Vegas and Los Angeles as well.
Though, only the Las Vegas and Los Angeles flights survived as Allegiant made some cuts to its Hawaiian operations over time, but in August 2016, they will no longer.
Last week, Ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC) Allegiant Air announced a major expansion of its route network, as the Las Vegas-based airline will add twelve new routes and three new destinations this fall. The headlines include additions at primary hubs Newark and Denver, a sizable departure from Allegiant’s normal modus operandi of operating leisure routes from secondary, tertiary, and truthfully almost quaternary U.S. airports.
Allegiant will also launch service to Ogdensburg, New York, a tiny airport (with a total annual passenger traffic in the 8,000-10,000 range) whose current air service is limited to less than a daily service to Albany and Boston on 9-seat Cessna 402s operated by Cape Air.
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Allegiant called the agreement “another important step” toward the ULCC’s planned transition to an all-Airbus fleet by 2019.
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Other airlines send teams to Airbus’ Toulouse, France offices to ensure interiors meet the carrier’s standards. But Allegiant had no team, so Davis tapped one person — Kimberly Schaefer, the public relations manager — to fly to Europe to make decisions. Some carriers spend years selecting options, but because Allegiant had less than a year from order to delivery, Schaefer had a compressed schedule.
And as much as Airbus helped, the process was still daunting — less like buying a car and more like building a house, Davis said.
Allegiant Air’s fast-tracked shift to an all-Airbus fleet is paying dividends, according to numbers from its first full quarter since it parked its last McDonnell Douglas MD-80.
Despite seeing its average fleet size drop to 80 from 91 year-over-year, Nevada-based LCC Allegiant’s first-quarter metrics included a 4.8% increase in total departures and a 17% increase in aircraft utilization. Spare aircraft dropped from 11 to four, further bolstering operations.
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas McCarran) has signed a commitment with Air Lease Corporation to add ten second-hand A320-200s between autumn 2021 and summer 2022.
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Allegiant continues to derive value from its efforts to move upscale, as its extra legroom and loyalty programs contribute to the carrier’s profitability.
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