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July numbers out. Almost to last years total already. Should make 200K this year.



2013 25,550 Increase 567.10%
2014 31,340 Increase 18.47%
2015 62,730 Increase 100.16%
2016 157,433 Increase 150.97%
2017 140,475 (Through July) Increase 50.22%

Trololzilla wrote: ↑

Dec 17, 2017

So is the 747 capacity intended for potential cargo planes or is it just something that they want to have should the need arise (i.e. just having it to cover all their bases)?

I would imagine cargo planes. They have had some big cargo planes in there semi recently.

Aha! That's why Lambert got rid of their logo: the dispatchers were concerned about a mid-logo coloision:



Anyway . . .

Trololzilla wrote: ↑

Mar 09, 2018

A bit of confusion with regard to the final passenger count - were the passenger numbers 224,000 or 244,000? The website lists both numbers, while the BTS stats seem to confirm 244,000 (which would be fantastic as it would mean >50% growth for another year in a row).

I'm guessing 244 is the actual right one or they would have only had something like 3K total in December. If you are updating Wikipedia I'd just put that as the placeholder for now until the BTS for the end of the year comes out. Seems like they rounded. 2016 BTS doesn't match the number in the article either. I hope in the near future they start posting monthly actuals on the site.

Allegiant can't re-accommodate passengers and something like this is beyond their control. Though I would never flight them because of horror stories like this.

http://fox2now.com/2018/04/02/allegiant ... ity-issue/

^A byproduct of fragmented services in the region?

10-intuition wrote: ↑

Apr 03, 2018

Allegiant can't re-accommodate passengers and something like this is beyond their control. Though I would never flight them because of horror stories like this.

http://fox2now.com/2018/04/02/allegiant ... ity-issue/

That's the big negative with them. Less than daily service means if your flight is cancelled you are out of luck for a few days. Also, since they don't overnight crews they can't just wait it out, they are on a tight schedule to fly back to the point of origin before the crew times out.

If you have a flexible schedule it isn't a big deal but if you have to be somewhere on a certain day it can be dicey to take them.

Any word on the pilot base?

Has allegiant ever done a study where their BLV passengers are coming from? New passengers or siphoning off from lambert?

I know I’ve suggested this in the past but I really think connecting BLV to metrolink would be a game changer. Potential balloon for allegiant. How many years of allegiant growth before a bond issue might be feasible?

RuskiSTL wrote: ↑

May 11, 2018

Any word on the pilot base?

Has allegiant ever done a study where their BLV passengers are coming from? New passengers or siphoning off from lambert?

I know I’ve suggested this in the past but I really think connecting BLV to metrolink would be a game changer. Potential balloon for allegiant. How many years of allegiant growth before a bond issue might be feasible?

Rumors on the pilot forums are that BLV has a good chance to be the next one.

Since they fly to some places Lambert really doesn't (MYR, JAX (at the moment), VPS, Punta Gorda), I kind of think they are their own thing. Especially when you factor in the ULCC model, I figure they have a fair amount of flyers that wouldn't fly from Lambert unless it is Frontier to Vegas or Orlando. Some siphon I am sure is happening, I just don't think it is a large amount. I don't think you see the other carriers losing passengers to any of those destinations they overlap.

^I don't have the link to back it up right now but IIRC Lambert has been one of the fastest growing airports for commercial passenger traffic over the last 2 years. Something around the 7th fastest growing each year. That would imply BLV is essentially entirely added traffic. If they were siphoning off a significant portion I doubt we would be seeing the growth numbers that Lambert is seeing.

Allegiant has released their summer schedule.

Destin goes from 7x a week to 9x. Two flights on Wed/Sat. This is the first time they will have multiple flights a day to the same city. That always helps incase there is an issue with another flight to rebook.

Jacksonville goes up to 3x weekly from 2x
Myrtle Beach goes down to 2x weekly from 3x.

Net gain 2, not a bunch but with no more MD80s, I think seats should be up. A lot more A320s.

I was hoping for another station but more passengers it good. It will also either have to have a plane based here or have an overnight for the first time as well.