Allegiant Air
Allegiant Air is an American low-cost airline based in Las Vegas.
History
Allegiant Air was founded in 1997 and adopted in 1999 by the California Fresno with used Douglas DC-9 flight operations on.
After Allegiant Air had filed bankruptcy in 2000, according to the U.S. Chapter 11 on December 13, the company was restructured by the new CEO Maurice J. Gallagher. Since then, it has its home base in Las Vegas. Gallagher, focusing on routes that were served, or only with small aircraft from the other major U.S. airlines. The DC-9 fleet was replaced by cars McDonnell Douglas MD -80 and has since grown resistant.
In early March, 2010, Allegiant Air announced in 2012 six Boeing 757-200 to take until the year of the European airline Thomson Airways, which are coming primarily to new routes to Hawaii for use. For this purpose the aircraft require an ETOPS approval.
As an MD -83 Allegiant Air on September 16, 2013 had to evacuate the passengers on the emergency slide, presented the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States firmly (FAA ) that the airline may these emergency slides insufficient waiting. Then almost the entire MD -80 fleet was decommissioned shortly.
Destinations
Allegiant Air connects numerous large and small airports within the United States together. The most important bases its route network are the airports Charlotte County, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach, Orlando Sanford, Mesa and St. Petersburg- Clearwater.
Fleet
As of November 2013, the fleet of 73 aircraft from Allegiant Air is with a mean age of 21.8 years:
- 03 Airbus A319 -100
- 07 Airbus A320 -200 (all closed)
- 06 Boeing 757-200
- 02 McDonnell Douglas MD -82
- 48 McDonnell Douglas MD -83
- 01 McDonnell Douglas MD -87
- 06 McDonnell Douglas MD -88