Allegiant Air Announces New Base IN LAX
 

ALLEGIANT AIR ANNOUNCES NEW BASE IN L.A.
Airline to Launch Low-Cost Service May 1 , Fares as Low as $39* One-way

(Los Angeles)--- Low-cost airline, Allegiant Air, LLC , a subsidiary of Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT), today announced it will establish a new base in the world-class, leisure destination Los Angeles , with low-fare, nonstop jet service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning May 1.

Flying to/from America’s favorite small cities, Allegiant plans to launch the new service with flights to LAX from 12 markets already served by the carrier. Introductory low fares begin as low as $39* each way.

“We’re extremely pleased to add Los Angeles and the Southern California region to our growing roster of world-class leisure destinations,” Maurice J. Gallagher, Allegiant Air president & CEO, said. “This is an exciting new market for our airline and our customers. We look forward to a successful relationship with the airport, area resorts and community leaders.”

"Allegiant Air has operated successfully in a very challenging aviation marketplace by attracting travelers with the right mix of service options and value," said Gina Marie Lindsey, executive director of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA).
To announce the new route, on online contest took place at the company’s website. Nearly 50,000 entries were made to guess the airline’s newest destination.
The self-proclaimed “Official Airline for Sunshine” will base two 150-seat, MD-80 series jet aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport. This new base will serve as the sixth world-class, leisure destination for the Las Vegas-based airline, which also serves McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas), Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Orlando Sanford International Airport, St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport.
With the addition of Los Angeles, Allegiant Air currently provides nonstop scheduled service to 70 U.S. cities. The low-cost carrier provides nonstop service from 40 U.S. markets to Las Vegas, 12 markets to Los Angeles, 15 markets to Phoenix-Mesa, 30 markets to Orlando and 20 markets to the Tampa Bay area and from six markets to Fort Lauderdale. In addition to its scheduled service, the airline also operates charter service throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Through the company’s Allegiant Vacations division, Allegiant will offer low-cost hotel packages with many premiere hotels in the Los Angeles and Southern California area, including: Sheraton Universal Hotel, Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, Marina del Ray Marriott and The Westin Los Angeles Airport. The company will provide low-cost car rental service through its partnership with Alamo Rent a Car .
Reservations can be made on the airline’s website at www. allegiantair .com , through the airline’s Reservations and Information Center at 702-505-8888 or through professional travel agents. Those seeking employment information are encouraged to visit www.allegiantair.com/aaCareers.php .

About the introductory, one-way fares:
*Seats are limited. Fares are one-way and not available on all flights. Must be purchased by March 11, 2009 for travel completed by Sept. 30, 2009. Offer not available May 22-25, 2009 and July 2-6, 2009. Prices do not include PFC, segment tax or Sept. 11 security fee of up to $10.60 per segment. A segment is one take-off and one landing. A convenience fee of $13.50 per passenger will apply when booked on allegiantair.com. A convenience fee of $13.50 per passenger, plus $10.00 per segment, will apply when purchased through Allegiant Air call center. Purchases made at any Allegiant Air Airport Ticket Office will not incur a convenience or call-center fee. When purchased at time of booking, a fee of $15 for first checked bag and $25 for second checked bag will apply per person, per segment. If purchased at flight check-in, a fee of $25 for the first checked bag and $35 for the second checked bag per person, per segment will apply. In all cases additional higher fees will apply for three or more checked bags. Fare rules, routes and schedules are subject to change without notice. Restrictions apply.

About the Company
Las Vegas based Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT), is focused on linking travelers in small cities to world-class leisure destinations such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix-Mesa, Orlando, Fla., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla. Through its subsidiary, Allegiant Air, the Company operates a low-cost, high-efficiency, all-jet passenger airline offering air travel both on a stand-alone basis and bundled with hotel rooms, rental cars and other travel related services.
LAWA is the Los Angeles City department that owns and operates LAX, LA/Ontario International (ONT) and Van Nuys airports (VNY).

Another low cost carrier willing to take a loss to "Buy market share"
BRILLIANT!

Gb
 

And just how many airlines fly to these destinations from LAX again?

Just wondering whose "market share" you think they are taking.

And I don't remember them taking a loss. Matter of fact, quite the opposite.

I don't buy Green Bannanas.

Good article on Allegiant in the Marketplace section of the WSJ today (bottom of pg 1). :rolleyes:

So, you're making fun of the exact way they've made it where they are today?

Brilliant!

Perhaps they should jump into a saturated market such as NYC-LAX or DEN-ORD.

Does anyone have any info on Allegiant? Is it a good company to work for? I saw they are accepting resumes, know that doesn't necessarily mean they are hiring, just curious if there are any thoughts.

They can have that LAX-DSM run...On the UEX side I don't think I saw more than 20 for loads. And that was with the City of DSM subsidizing!

Ordinarily those flights would not even be half full but if they only have them two or three times a week, they might work. Out of all those cities I only see a few that might work.

People said this same thing when we entered florida and again in phoenix. Phoenix was profitable as a hub within 90 days of starting operation.

Allegiant does not lose money on any route. If a route does not make money it gets cut. If any of the routes dont make money in 90 days to 6 months they will pull it and fly to another of the 100+ small towns out there wanting allegaint service

All those cities however are current Allegiant Cities from one or more of our other hub cities. Keep in mind we have been running a 131 pax ave out of 150 pax A/C for over a year now. We made 56 million last year doing just that. We as pilots are getting a profit share check in march, we got pay increase last Nov another coming this Nov, unlike the paycuts most everyone else it taking. We hired pilots this year not furlough and are planing hiring more in the fall.

Why LAX??? that airport is so congested, AA, DL, SW and UA call it a "hub", and its expensive to operate out of there.

Orange County, Burbank, Ontario, Long Beach are near by, why LAX?? why mess with the big boys. Bold move

If the idiots kept their mouths shut, we would never know where they were.... :rolleyes:

If it was expensive, we wouldn't be there.

We're not "messing" with the big boys. We'll only have direct competition on one or two routes, and those are against t-props.

LAX traffic is down a lot. I do not know about cost to operate there, and ONT would be an interesting choice but I am sure Allegiant analysed it all carefully.

Last fall a friend showed me a report he had printed off the internet. It showed the highest oil price that each airline could endure and still be profitable. According to this report, Allegiant can be profitable at $200/barrel.

It could be that LAX gave them stronger incentives than the other places to get them to base there - not sure, pure speculation. Personally, I like Burbank when going to LA, but there is no non-stop service to Burbank from MCI, so I take SWA to LAX (I prefer a non-stop to LAX over a plane change in PHX or LAS to BUR - just a preference). LAX doesn't seem as much of a hassle as other large airports like DFW, ATL, ORD - I have never had to wait for a gate to open up when we arrive and I have never had a delay after pushing from the gate. In fact, all the flights have been pretty much on time with the only exception being a 20 minute delay a couple year ago while the wild fires were happening - we had to hold briefly. Not sure why this is with LAX - maybe I have just gotten lucky.

Well I guess... $1 per diem, MAX $99K/yr CA and MAX $50K/yr FO with crap insurance and nearly no retirement and a max of 10/days off a month... you too could start airline and be profitable. (slave labor)

Are you that upset with DAL that you have to rain on everyone's parade?

A new airline attempting to gain market share, hiring, and making money.

Tell me, was DAL the highest paying airline with the best benefits from day 1?

I can tell you that SWA was not, but look where they are now. The airline with industry leading pay, work rules and QOL.

How long have you been at DAL? Does that earn you the right to look down you nose at ALGT? You act like you yourself fought for the contract you work under.

If/when they get a industry standard contract, at least those they're now can pat themselves on the back for building an airline from the ground up, rather than strolling into a cherry situation and then ripping on others.

You got us on the dollar per hour per diem, but since we do out and backs, we're not required to get any per diem.

Where do you get MAX 99K a year Captain? I made over that last year as a 4th year, and I know someone who made 40+% more than that last year...

Get your facts right bubba

If you're going to TRY and trash another airline, at least SOUND intelligent.

Where do you get max salaries? Not true. Crap insurance? And do you even know what the insurance is over here? MAX 10 days off a month? Try MIN 10 days off a month, which is nothing out of the ordinary.

I know that LGB has a T/O & Landing Slot Restriction per the city....JB and ALA have a majority of those cornered. I believe SNA is in the same boat....as far as ONT and BUR, not too sure.

With many of the Legacys cutting back/reducing the flying in general (not to mention some of the foreign carriers as well), I'm sure LAX is a fesible option with all things considered.

You can count on one thing.....time will tell if this was the right move.:cool:

I came directly from a Legacy and I make more here at Allegiant. Starting pay is higher here. Upgrade time is about 10 years quicker here so I will make more than at my Legacy and upgrade before you will. You probably started flying Mad Dogs way before I did. I just got a hefty bonus for the profits made last year. I have had no less than 16-18 days off every month since I started last year with the exception of next month. I only got 13 days with 95 hours. My senior Captain friends are making approx. $160K. to $170K. They haven't been in the company long either because Allegiant hasn't existed very long. They all fly their butts off and are home every day. My insurance here is better than at my Legacy. I was thrilled when I first saw the plan and compared it to my Legacy's plan.

Allegiant Travel Company Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

RECORD THIRD QUARTER MARGINS, THIRD QUARTER EPS INCREASES OVER 180%

LAS VEGAS, Oct 19, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT), parent company of Allegiant Air and Allegiant Vacations, today reported the following financial results for the third quarter 2009 and comparisons to prior year equivalents:

Unaudited 3Q09 3Q08 Change
--------- ---- ---- ------
Total operating revenue (millions) $133.1 $116.9 13.9 %
Operating income (millions) $21.9 $8.1 170.3 %
Operating margin 16.5% 6.9% 9.6pp

Net income (millions) $13.8 $4.9 181.7 %
Diluted earnings per share $0.68 $0.24 183.3 %

Scheduled Service:
Average fare - scheduled service $67.09 $86.32 (22.3)%
Average fare - ancillary 33.35 32.28 3.3 %
Average fare - total $100.44 $118.60 (15.3)%
Total revenue per ASM (cents) 9.96 12.75 (21.9)%
Average passengers per departure 132 137 (3.6)%
Load factor 89.9% 93.8% -3.9pp
Average stage length (miles) 888 856 3.7 %

Total System*:
Operating expense per passenger $83.00 $111.60 (25.6)%
Operating expense per passenger, excluding fuel $50.31 $53.33 (5.7)%
Average departures per aircraft per day 2.75 2.30 19.6 %
Average stage length (miles) 818 815 0.4 %
--------------------------- --- --- ----

* Total system includes scheduled service, fixed-fee contract and
non-revenue flying

Allegiant Travel Company also reported the following balance sheet information:
Unaudited ($millions) September 30, 2009 June 30, 2009 Change ($mm)
-------------------- ------------------ ------------- -----------
Unrestricted cash (including
short-term investments) 222.4 228.2 (5.8)
Unrestricted cash net of air
traffic liability 138.1 138.3 (0.2)
Total debt, including capital
leases 54.8 60.7 (5.9)

The proof is in the.................someone please finish this for me.

In the crew meal??

I did that run one very cold, windy day with a full load. And the single lav on the CRJ-700 was very full after almost 5 hours in the air.

and yet with your pay increase and their pay cuts you still are underpayed.

and it only took swa 30+ years and the others to take pay cuts to get there.

If, is the correct word in that statement.

Due to open as a base again this spring.

Will the previously displaced LAX pilots with reinstatement rights get paid moves back to the LA area with this announcement?:)

I love it, this isn't a "new" base. They had an LAX base when I got hired.

No one gets paid moves right now. No one has reinstatement rights either.

Not to mention that was an MD80 base and this is an Airbus base.

Dude, go back a few pages and find your answer.

I'm guessing that somewhere in the nearly seven years since he first posted the question he got his answer.