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Allegiant disclosed in its first quarter 2015
earnings public filing that the local FAA office
issued a notice indicating the carrier would be
under heightened surveillance as a result of
what the FAA referred to as "labor unrest" and
that due to the workload of reviewing its
nationwide surveillance, the FAA would be
discontinuing further approvals for new aircraft
and cities to be added to Allegiant's operating
certificate. This decision by the FAA removes
all restrictions to Allegiant's future growth
and allows the FAA to return to normal oversight
activities.
Allegiant, having initiated service from
Raleigh-Durham,
N.C. on May 6, 2015, is set to add new
scheduled service from Akron
/ Canton,
Ohio to Savannah
/ Hilton Head, S.C. and
St. Pete-Clearwater,
Fla.
on Thursday, May 21. Additionally, service from
Memphis
to Las Vegas,
Orlando
and
Fort Lauderdale
will begin on the same day. 11 new routes will
be added over the coming weeks.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Company is
focused on linking travelers in small cities to
world-class leisure destinations. The company
operates a low-cost, high-efficiency, all-jet
passenger airline through its subsidiary,
Allegiant Air, while also offering other
travel-related products such as hotel rooms,
rental cars, and attraction tickets. |
