Ultra-low-cost carrier Allegiant Air is making some big changes to its route network.<\/p>\n
The Las Vegas-based airline quietly filed plans to cut 19 routes beginning in the fall, as first seen in Cirium Diio schedules and later confirmed by an airline spokesperson.<\/p>\n
The cuts are far-reaching and primarily touch four of the airline’s operating bases. The biggest cuts are from Nashville International Airport (BNA), where Allegiant will exit a whopping six routes.<\/p>\n
Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG’s free biweekly Aviation newsletter<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n Meanwhile, the second-biggest exit is happening at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), where Allegiant will slash five routes. After the cuts, Allegiant will be left with just seven routes from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n The full list of affected routes is at the bottom of the post, and you can visualize them below on the map.<\/p>\n Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n Reward your inbox with the TPG Daily newsletter<\/p>\n Join over 700,000 readers for breaking news, in-depth guides and exclusive deals from TPG\u2019s experts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Map watching: The award for ‘sexiest new route’ of the year goes to …<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The hotel’s underperformance was the lowlight of the company’s recently announced first-quarter earnings, as it operated at a net loss of $8.8 million with about 40% occupancy.<\/p>\n The airline itself is also struggling to overcome a few big challenges, though. Chief among them is Boeing’s delivery delays.<\/p>\n Allegiant expected to receive six Boeing 737 MAX aircraft before July, but it now expects them later this year (at the earliest). Because of these delays, Allegiant has “incurred significant expenses,” president Greg Anderson said on the company’s most recent earnings call. These costs include pilot training for aircraft that aren’t yet in the fleet, as well as “loss of pilot productivity awaiting delivery of the 737 MAX aircraft.”<\/p>\n Another cost associated with the delivery delays is this big network downsizing. In fact, with these cuts, Allegiant is projected to fly nearly 10% fewer flights in November 2024 compared to the previous year, Cirium data shows.<\/p>\n “Reduced Boeing delivery expectations will impact our anticipated fourth quarter capacity and in turn our full-year guidance,” Drew Wells, Allegiant’s chief revenue officer, said in May.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2024\/06\/map.png?width=3840\"\/)
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