2 hours Ago By James Pearson
Airlines often announce multiple routes simultaneously, but very few reveal dozens. Allegiant Air has added a remarkable 44 routes in one go, its joint-largest-ever expansion. Per the carrier's usual frequency, 42 routes will be twice-weekly, while the rest will be weekly (!).
They involve three new airports on its route map: Colorado Springs (part of the carrier's network until 2018), Columbia (last served in 2009), and Gulf Shores (Alabama). Unsurprisingly, it will provide the only scheduled passenger service at Gulf Shores, which is located south of Mobile. To make the article more readable, I have divided the 44 routes into two chunks and limited the information per entry.
Allegiant's first 22 routes They include Colorado Springs to Tampa St Pete. While this 1,279 nautical mile (2,369 km) airport pair has never had flights before, Frontier operated to Tampa International between October 2017 and April 2018. The US Department of Transportation shows it transported just over 25,000 roundtrip passengers and filled 81% of seats.
Boston-Des Moines : May 23, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Boston-Savannah : May 22, twice-weekly; served by Delta/JetBlue Chattanooga-Punta Gorda : February 13, twice-weekly; served by Allegiant until 2021 Columbia-Fort Lauderdale : May 22, twice-weekly; served by Silver until 2021 Columbia-Orlando Sanford ; May 15, twice-weekly; served by Allegiant in 2009 and ViaAir until 2019 Colorado Springs-Phoenix Mesa : February 12, twice-weekly; served by Allegiant until 2017 Colorado Springs-Santa Ana : February 13, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Colorado Springs-Tampa St Pete : February 14, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Denver-Idaho Falls : May 22, twice-weekly; served by United Denver-Stockton : May 22, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Destin/Fort Walton Beach-Akron Canton : May 24, weekly; never served by any airline Fort Lauderdale-Huntington Tri-State : May 15, twice-weekly; served by Allegiant until 2013 Gulf Shores-Belleville : May 23, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Gulf Shores-Cincinnati : May 22, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Gulf Shores-Houston Hobby : May 22, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Gulf Shores-Kansas City : May 24, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Gulf Shores-Knoxville : May 21, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Gulf Shores-Northwest Arkansas : May 22; twice-weekly; never served by any airline Jacksonville-Akron/Canton : May 23, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Jacksonville-Des Moines : May 22, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Jacksonville-Grand Rapids : May 23, twice-weekly; served by Allegiant until 2022 Los Angeles-Spokane : May 23, twice-weekly; served by Alaska Airlines/Delta The airline will continue to operate its sole Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 and expects to receive 11 more Boeing aircraft next year. And here's the rest of the list..
. They include Phoenix Sky Harbor to Pittsburgh. While Allegiant has not served this market before, it did operate Phoenix Mesa-Pittsburgh between September 2021 and February 2022.
It carried about 4,600 passengers and filled 40% of the seats. This was, of course, during COVID. Myrtle Beach-Grand Rapids : May 22, twice-weekly; served by Allegiant until 2011 Myrtle Beach-Niagara Falls : May 22, twice-weekly; served by Spirit until 2022 Myrtle Beach-Plattsburgh : May 15, twice-weekly; served by Spirit until 2020 Nashville-Shreveport : May 22, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Newark-Flint : May 23, twice-weekly; served by United until 2017 Phoenix Sky Harbor-Pittsburgh : February 7, twice-weekly; served by American/Southwest Portland (Oregon)-Cincinnati : May 23, twice-weekly; served by Delta until 2008 Portland (Oregon)-Flint : May 23, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Portland (Oregon)-Fresno : May 22, twice-weekly; served by Alaska Airlines Portland (Oregon)-Indianapolis : May 23, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Sarasota-Albany : February 14, mainly twice-weekly; never served by any airline Sarasota-Elmira : February 14, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Sarasota-Greenville/Spartanburg : February 13, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Sarasota-Knoxville : February 14, twice-weekly; served by Allegiant until 2023 Sarasota-Lexington : April 3, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Sarasota-Moline : February 13, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Sarasota-Omaha : February 14, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Sarasota-Roanoke : February 14, twice-weekly; never served by any airline Washington Dulles-Asheville : June 20, twice-weekly; served by United until 2022 Washington Dulles-Destin/Fort Walton Beach : May 24, weekly; never served by any airline Washington Dulles-Knoxville : May 23, twice-weekly; served by United Washington Dulles-Savannah : May 22, twice-weekly; served by United Summary of the additional links Given Allegiant's network approach of seeking out thin, unserved leisure markets, it is hardly surprising that 37 of the 44 routes (84%) will have no airline operating when Allegiant begins them.
Seven routes (16%) were previously in Allegiant's hands, including as recently as 2023. A whopping 24 routes (55%) have never had scheduled flights..
