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Allegiant Air Airbus A319-100 Allegiant Air Airbus A320-200. Allegiant Air is known in the aviation industry for purchasing jets second-hand or at steep discounts. [10] [44] Used aircraft tend to be significantly less fuel efficient, but fuel costs are less of a problem for Allegiant, which operates aircraft at relatively low duty cycles.
The largest aircraft currently serving the airport are the Airbus A319/A320 (operated by Allegiant Air and Delta Air Lines) and even the Boeing 757 (operated by FedEx Express). The McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 series aircraft used to be one of the larger aircraft that serviced CHA, but these were retired early because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [13]
A worker loads bags onto an Allegiant Air jet at Asheville Regional Airport in this file photo. The new nonstop service will make a total of 27 nonstop locations provided at the Asheville Regional ...
On August 10, 2021, Allegiant Air announced that they would base Airbus A320 aircraft at the airport beginning March 2, 2022. They will also open a crew/maintenance base to support these aircraft. [32] In November 2023, the airport began work on a major multi-phase expansion of the terminal that will nearly double the size of the terminal.
Allegiant Air was founded in 1997 [4] and is the ninth-largest commercial airline in the United States as of January 2020. [14] Part of Allegiant Air's business model includes earning commissions by selling passengers ancillary items like rental cars, hotel rooms, tickets to events, amusement park passes, and other add-ons. [5]
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FedEx opened its mid-Atlantic Hub at the Airport in 2003, [12] and in 2006, Honda Aircraft Company selected PTI as its global headquarters. [13] Allegiant Air began service to Orlando Sanford International Airport and St. Petersburg–Clearwater International Airport in late May 2007. The airport completed a new 9,000-foot parallel runway in 2010.