Allegiant adds routes as pilots picket
November 24, 2025
Budget carrier Allegiant plans a major expansion while its pilots picket and threaten a strike
Budget carrier Allegiant plans a major expansion while its pilots picket and threaten a strike
JetBlue and Allegiant expand routes, especially from Florida airports, in some cases going head-to-head against established competitors.
Allegiant is adding not only new routes, but for the first time is buying new planes instead of used.
Newark’s Liberty International Airport, one of NYC’s airport trio, is getting a bunch of new attention and new routes lately, due to an easing of
Ultra-low-cost carrier Allegiant gets its first New York area flights, and also adds Denver and Ogdensburg.
Allegiant refunds airfares for 6 flights in Tax Day surprise, and Delta eliminates a fee for tickets by phone. When’s the last time a fee was cancelled?
Delta’s answer to the ultra-low-cost-carriers, ‘Basic Economy’ fares is working so well for the airline its planning to extend the option to more domestic markets.
Allegiant, one of the ‘ultra-low-cost’ carriers, is taking its biggest single-shot expansion, with three new cities and 22 new routes, including some from its existing cities. Adding Santa Rosa, CA, Albuquerque and Evansville, IN brings the carrier to a total of 114 cities. The additions come only weeks after Allegiant added Baltimore and El Paso. The recent additions mark a change for Allegiant, which formerly focused on a group of core cities, and avoided competing at the largest airports.
Allegiant Air is expanding its route map, adding new destinations.
Laguardia taxiway, lined up for take-off: Is there room for more? Photo: Port Authority of NY&NJ A coalition of smaller airlines is stepping up pressure on the Department of Transportation to open up some landing and take-off ‘slots’ for them at New York’s crowded airports, dominated by the ‘Big 3’ legacy carriers. Alaska, Allegiant , Frontier, Spirit and Virgin America call themselves “new entrants” in the business and the area, and are…
Budget carrier Allegiant plans a major expansion while its pilots picket and threaten a strike
JetBlue and Allegiant expand routes, especially from Florida airports, in some cases going head-to-head against established competitors.
Allegiant is adding not only new routes, but for the first time is buying new planes instead of used.
Newark’s Liberty International Airport, one of NYC’s airport trio, is getting a bunch of new attention and new routes lately,
Ultra-low-cost carrier Allegiant gets its first New York area flights, and also adds Denver and Ogdensburg.
Allegiant refunds airfares for 6 flights in Tax Day surprise, and Delta eliminates a fee for tickets by phone. When’s the last time a fee was cancelled?
Delta’s answer to the ultra-low-cost-carriers, ‘Basic Economy’ fares is working so well for the airline its planning to extend the
Allegiant, one of the ‘ultra-low-cost’ carriers, is taking its biggest single-shot expansion, with three new cities and 22 new routes, including some from its existing cities. Adding Santa Rosa, CA, Albuquerque and Evansville, IN brings the carrier to a total of 114 cities. The additions come only weeks after Allegiant added Baltimore and El Paso. The recent additions mark a change for Allegiant, which formerly focused on a group of core cities, and avoided competing at the largest airports.
Allegiant Air is expanding its route map, adding new destinations.
Laguardia taxiway, lined up for take-off: Is there room for more? Photo: Port Authority of NY&NJ A coalition of smaller airlines is stepping up pressure on the Department of Transportation to open up some landing and take-off ‘slots’ for them at New York’s crowded airports, dominated by the ‘Big 3’ legacy carriers. Alaska, Allegiant , Frontier, Spirit and Virgin America call themselves “new entrants” in the business and the area, and are…