Later in 2000, Allegiant continued to expand and was operating the only nonstop jet service between Lake Tahoe Airport and Long Beach Airport in addition to operating new flights into Portland, Oregon and Reno with Portland-Reno and Reno-Fresno nonstops and direct one-stop service between Portland and Fresno via Reno.
2000s Īllegiant Air opened a small hub in Long Beach, California ( LGB) and in 2000 was operating nonstop flights to Fresno and Las Vegas in addition to Fresno-Las Vegas nonstop service. During the second half of 1999, the airline was operating nonstop flights between Fresno and Las Vegas, Burbank and Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe as well as flying one-stop direct service between Fresno and Lake Tahoe via Las Vegas. Scheduled service began on Octobetween Las Vegas and the airline's original hub in Fresno, California at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport with Douglas DC-9-21 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 jetliners. The airline also has authority for charter service to Canada and Mexico. After losing a trademark dispute with Westjet Air Center of Rapid City, South Dakota, and recognizing the name's similarity to WestJet Airlines of Calgary, Alberta, the airline adopted the name Allegiant Air and received FAA and US DOT certification for scheduled and charter domestic operations on June 19, 1998. History Establishment Īllegiant Air was founded in January 1997 by Mitch Allee (owner, CEO), Jim Patterson (president), Jim Schmidt (Director of Operations) and Dave Beadle (chief pilot) under the name WestJet Express. The corporate headquarters are in Summerlin, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas. It is a major air carrier, the fourteenth-largest commercial airline in North America.Īllegiant was founded in 1997 and is wholly owned by Allegiant Travel Company, a publicly traded company with 4,000 employees and over US$2.6 billion market capitalization in 2016. carrier that operates scheduled and charter flights. Allegiant Air (usually shortened to Allegiant) is an ultra low-cost U.S.
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