The reality is that allegiant management got their tails handed to them while they were trying to play "big boy airline" and getting in way over their head. Allegiant can make a profit by running airplanes into small airports and selling trinkets and hotel rooms to unsuspecting victims, but overwater operations is out of their league. You can't do Hawaii on the cheap. It takes competent support, spare aircraft and crews, quality maintenance. All of the things allegiant does not have Because they flat refuse to pay for it. The typical culture of arrogance and ignorance drove the decision to take on such a reach. Most of us predicted it would fail, and it did. I would imagine that real airlines that are still flying those routes must be laughing themselves silly right now. I know we are.