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In August 2012, just days after Allegiant Air announced flights between Rochester and Phoenix (Allegiant Air has since dropped its Rochester service altogether), the United States Department of Transportation gave the airport $500,000 and the city of Rochester gave the airport $250,000 to help recruit more airlines and non-stop destinations. [18]
Allegiant Air (usually shortened to Allegiant) is an ultra-low cost airline headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.The airline focuses on serving leisure traffic from small and medium-sized cities which it considers to be underserved, using an ultra low-cost business model with minimal inclusions in fares and a greater number of add-on fees.
Allegiant Air began flying McDonnell Douglas MD-80s nonstop to Phoenix/Mesa in October 2008 in addition to its nonstop MD-80s to Las Vegas. [39] Allegiant Air launched twice weekly MD-80 flights nonstop to Los Angeles on June 3, 2010. [36] Allegiant Air announced Eugene's first nonstop service to Hawaii in 2012.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 94,896 aircraft operations, an average of 260 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi, <1% scheduled commercial, and <1% military. At that time there were 303 aircraft based at this airport: 258 single-engine, 17 multi-engine, 14 helicopter, 13 jet, and 1 glider. [1]
On June 27, 2009, Allegiant Air Flight 746, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft, made an emergency landing at the airport after flames were observed coming from the aircraft's left engine. The flight was bound for Orlando Sanford International Airport. During takeoff, one of the aircraft's tires shredded and part of it was sucked into the engine ...
Allegiant Air had considered Gary/Chicago International Airport before, but aircraft operational limits resulted in the airline deciding against Gary until the runway expansion was completed. [18] On May 24, 2013, Allegiant Air reported it was cancelling air service out of Gary because of low demand for the flights. [19]
For the year ending February 28, the airport had 92,361 aircraft operations, an average of 253 per day: 54% general aviation, 26% scheduled commercial, 11% air taxi and 8% military. At that time, there were 187 aircraft based at the airport: 100 single-engine, 33 multi-engine, 24 military, 11 jet and 19 helicopter. [1]
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.