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89-512: Asheville Regional Airport ( IATA : AVL , ICAO : KAVL , FAA LID : AVL ) is a Class C airport near Interstate 26 and the town of Fletcher, North Carolina , 9 miles (14 km) south of downtown Asheville . It is owned by the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023 categorized it as

178-411: A Beechcraft Duke crashed about 0.8 of a mile off the departure end of Runway 34 after an apparent right engine failure, killing all four people on board. On May 4, 2007, a 1977 Cessna 182 en route to Asheville Regional Airport crashed near the airport, killing three Georgia men. Initial reports said that rapper Jay-Z was on board. The reports were false. On October 6, 2017, a terrorist deposited

267-617: A Boeing C-32 (the USAF version of the Boeing 757-200 ) for a weekend getaway. In October 2011 President Obama landed in Asheville in the larger Boeing VC-25 (the USAF version of the Boeing 747-200 ) to kick off his North Carolina and Virginia bus tour promoting his jobs bill. He gave a speech at the airport, and cited potential enhancements at the airport as part of the jobs push. President Obama returned to Asheville on February 13, 2013, on

356-586: A Cessna 310 just south of the airport in Hendersonville . The collision happened just moments after the 727 took off from the Asheville Airport. All 82 people on both planes were killed. On March 14, 2003, a Cessna 177 Cardinal crashed into Old Fort Mountain after taking off from the airport. It killed author Amanda Davis , who was on a book tour promoting her first novel Wonder When You'll Miss Me , and her parents. On October 27, 2004,

445-407: A 1987 promotional tour and was snowed in overnight. Chartered Boeing 747s (operated by United Airlines ) have visited, as has an Airbus A340 during the visit of Charles, Prince of Wales , to the nearby Biltmore Estate in 1996. AVL's 8,002-foot (2,439 m) runway can handle almost any aircraft. In April 2010, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama landed in Asheville aboard

534-512: A bag containing an improvised explosive device near the entrance to the Asheville Regional Airport terminal. The bomb was set to explode the following morning at 6:00 AM but was defused after being detected by bomb-sniffing dogs . The terrorist, Michael Christopher Estes , was arrested and faced two federal charges. Estes pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of an explosive in an airport on January 12, 2018;

623-563: A day from Raleigh/Durham, some stopping in Greenville/Spartanburg. Delta ended mainline jets to AVL in December 1995, with ASA taking over with British Aerospace 146 regional jets; however, Delta currently operates mainline Boeing 717-200 service nonstop to its Atlanta hub. In 1996, Midway Airlines briefly flew to its hub at Raleigh-Durham via Midway Connection partner Corporate Airlines Jetstream 31s. As of 2023,

712-542: A fee. It has no toll-free phone number but it does sell tickets through internet travel agencies. It also does not offer any connecting services, with customers only able to purchase non-stop itineraries on its website. Like Ryanair , the low-cost airline founded by Tony Ryan , whose family has also invested in Allegiant, the airline seeks ancillary revenue to supplement ticket revenue. These ancillary fees include those for checking luggage, carrying on luggage (other than

801-1004: A joint venture with Viva Aerobus to expand routes between the United States and Mexico. Allegiant Air is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allegiant Travel Company , a publicly traded holding company that also operates Sunseeker Resorts. The corporate headquarters for both the airline and its holding company are in Summerlin, Nevada , a suburb of Las Vegas. Allegiant aims primarily to serve leisure travelers, particularly those in colder northern climates, going to warm-weather tourist destinations such as Punta Gorda , Tampa , Las Vegas , Orlando , Los Angeles , and Phoenix . The airline often serves smaller destinations that have few direct flights by major carriers, tends to fly routes which avoid competition from other airlines, with only 18% of its 518 routes as of early 2020 also flown nonstop by other airlines. The airline also seeks to maintain

890-529: A later variant of the DC-9. Starting in 2010, Allegiant purchased six Boeing 757-200 aircraft from Thomson Airways . Over the next few years the airline experimented operating service between Hawaii and several cities. Ultimately, Allegiant discontinued the service and slowly disposed of the planes rather than incur the expense of performing comprehensive D checks on the aging planes. In 2012, Allegiant announced that it would shift its primary aircraft from

979-466: A low operating cost at airports. For example, Allegiant sometimes rents ticket counters on an hourly basis and contracts with other companies to provide staffing. The company also prefers to use secondary airports when those facilities charge smaller fees, such as Orlando Sanford , MidAmerica St. Louis , and Phoenix–Mesa , where Allegiant is the only commercial carrier with year-round service. Although it does not fly to Canada, Allegiant advertises in

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1068-569: A multiple-year agreement with Allegiant making them the club's official airline partner. The agreement includes club and stadium assets, game-day experience and more. Allegiant also offers its popular Fan Flyaway Program to FCC fans. FCC's TQL Stadium also has an entry gate named after the airline. On August 5, 2019, Allegiant inked a 20-year deal with the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) for

1157-491: A new 1,300-space parking deck opened in front of the airport terminal. As part of Project SOAR (Significant Opportunity for Aviation in our Region), a major airport improvement project, the existing runway (which was over 50 years old) was nearing the end of its useful life and required major reconstruction to continue its use into the future. Also, the existing runway did not meet the most current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements that were put in place long after

1246-567: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

1335-635: A new contract with Republic Airways to provide the charter service to Caesars properties in Atlantic City , New Jersey , Tunica , Mississippi , and Laughlin , Nevada . In July 2018, Allegiant became the official airline of Minor League Baseball (MiLB). In September of the same year, Allegiant partnered with the National Hockey League 's Vegas Golden Knights as the "Official Domestic Airline Partner". On June 3, 2019, soccer club FC Cincinnati announced that they had entered

1424-810: A reduced capacity. On July 1, 2010, Allegiant returned to Long Beach Airport (LGB) in Long Beach, California , having previously served LGB with DC-9 jets with nonstop flights to Las Vegas (LAS) and Lake Tahoe (TVL) in 2000. The airline also intended to fly from Bellingham and Stockton several times a week; however, that plan never came to fruition. Allegiant continues to serve Stockton with flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix/Mesa and San Diego. About 16 months later in November 2011, Allegiant closed its Long Beach facility. In March 2010, Allegiant purchased six used Boeing 757-200 jetliners as part of plans to begin flights to Hawaii , with deliveries from early 2010 to

1513-494: A small personal item), buying food and drinks on board, obtaining advance seat assignments, and more. Allegiant CEO Maurice Gallagher said in 2009, "We collect $ 110 from you at the end of your trip. If I tried to charge you $ 110 up front, you wouldn't pay it. But if I sell you a $ 75 ticket and you self-select the rest, you will." Allegiant also earns commissions by offering hotel rooms, car rentals and admission to tourist attractions on its website. It sells package vacations under

1602-478: A small-hub primary commercial service facility. In 2023 it served an all-time record number of passengers for the airport, 2,246,411, an increase of 22.2% over 2022. The airport opened initially with a 6500-foot runway in 1961, replacing the former airport at 35°26′20″N 82°28′52″W  /  35.439°N 82.481°W  / 35.439; -82.481  ( Former airport serving Asheville ) . A Concorde supersonic transport (SST) visited AVL during

1691-608: A total of eight nonstops a day from Atlanta, Delta on McDonnell Douglas MD-80s and Delta Connection on ATR 72s and Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias . Delta Connection (operated by Comair) also had three EMB-120 Brasilias a day from Cincinnati, a Delta hub. USAir and USAir Express had a total of nine nonstops a day from the USAir hub in Charlotte, USAir with Boeing 737-300s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s and USAir Express with Short 360s . USAir Express also had three nonstop Jetstream 31s

1780-888: A typical routing being Atlanta - Asheville - Winston/Salem - Roanoke - New York LaGuardia Airport . In 1969 United Boeing 737-200s flew nonstop to Atlanta and Raleigh/Durham while Delta McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s flew nonstop to Knoxville with same plane service to Louisville and Chicago O'Hare Airport . The April 1975 Official Airline Guide listed Delta, Piedmont and United serving Asheville. Delta had one daily McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 from Knoxville, originating at Chicago O'Hare Airport via Louisville. Piedmont flew Boeing 737-200s , Fairchild Hiller FH-227s and NAMC YS-11s nonstop from Atlanta, Charleston, WV, Charlotte, Danville, VA, Fayetteville, NC, Greenville/Spartanburg, SC, Knoxville, Lynchburg, VA, Nashville, Roanoke, Tri-Cities, TN and Winston/Salem, and direct 737s from Memphis, Richmond, VA and Washington D.C. National Airport . United

1869-509: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

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1958-555: Is a major American 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 was founded in 1997 and is wholly owned by Allegiant Travel Company , a publicly traded company with 5,600 employees and over US$ 2.6 billion market capitalization in 2016 . The airline

2047-627: Is administered by the IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn ,

2136-554: Is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as the list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and

2225-406: Is being demolished, starting with the north end first. The project also includes the construction of a new air traffic control tower on the southwest edge of the airport. Construction on the $ 44 million, 127-foot (39 m) tower began in 2023 and is scheduled for completion in 2025. Asheville Regional Airport is a focus city for Allegiant Air which bases Airbus A320 family aircraft and crew at

2314-523: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

2403-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

2492-543: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

2581-576: Is one of those things that clogs the arteries and makes you less quick and not as nimble as you need to be on top of your game... In this industry and others that are heavily unionized, you ultimately end up with bankruptcy as the primary driver." In 2015 Allegiant Air was monitored by the FAA after several emergency landings and aborted takeoffs. ABC interviewed a former Allegiant mechanic, who said "Dedicated steps were not being performed with maintenance manuals or even with general practices, before an aircraft

2670-400: Is released." A survey found that 46 of the company's 86 aircraft had made emergency landings, all of which involved MD-80s. The average age of Allegiant's MD-80 fleet was 29 years, compared to less than 13 years for its Airbus fleet. In May 2016, the FAA confirmed they moved up a regularly scheduled five-year inspection. Allegiant Air proclaims the FAA gave them a clean bill of health after

2759-447: Is scheduled for 2026. 175 million dollars in bonds was approved by the state treasurer for the project. The total cost of the project has been cited as 400 million dollars. Jet bridges will be added as part of the project as currently manual ramps are pushed up to the planes. Asheville Regional Airport covers 900 acres (360 ha) and has one asphalt runway measuring 8,002 ft × 150 ft (2,439 m × 46 m). In

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2848-529: Is the fourteenth-largest in North America. Allegiant Air was founded in January 1997 by Mitch Allee (owner, CEO), Jim Patterson (president), and Capt. Dave Beadle (chief pilot) under the name WestJet Express . 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

2937-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

3026-793: The Tampa Bay Times . Since October 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration has kept Allegiant under close supervision. In July 2015, Allegiant Air announced that bases would be established at the Asheville Regional Airport and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport . In August 2017, Allegiant announced that a new base would be established at the Indianapolis International Airport . The base began operations in early 2018. Throughout 2017,

3115-571: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

3204-575: The Indianapolis Colts . Allegiant Air's livery features a bright sunburst design on the tail, emphasizing the airline's "sun" destinations. A similar livery is used by Jet2.com on aircraft which carry the Jet2holidays livery, the only difference being the airline name on the aircraft. The livery was created for the airline by Tiami Designs, Atlanta, Georgia . Flight attendants at the carrier voted to organize their workgroup under

3293-866: The Montego Bay Resort , the Rainbow Wendover and the Peppermill Wendover . Allegiant based one 150-seat, MD-80 series jet aircraft in Wendover and more than 20 employees, including maintenance, flight crews and station personnel. Allegiant also transports firefighters for the United States Forest Service as well as college basketball teams. Allegiant had a contract to supply charter flights from Miami to four cities in Cuba beginning June 2009. One aircraft

3382-517: The NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker symbol "ALGT" in December 2006. Also in 2006, the airline had a fleet of 21 MD-80s and was flying non-stop to and from 40 small cities. Most of those flights went to and from the hubs of Las Vegas or Orlando/Sanford , Florida. In October 2007, Allegiant opened a fourth focus city and operations base at Phoenix-Mesa , Arizona, connecting 13 cities already served by Allegiant and one new city to

3471-870: The Official Airline Guide . This same OAG also lists nonstop Delta Connection (operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines ) de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7s and Short 360s from Atlanta, and Sunbird Airlines and Wheeler Airlines Beechcraft 99s from Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham, plus Wheeler nonstops from Tri-Cities, TN . American Eagle BAe Jetstream 31s and Saab 340s began serving AVL from Nashville in 1986 and Raleigh-Durham in 1987. These flights ended in 1995 when American closed both hubs. The April 1995 OAG listed six airlines at Asheville: American Eagle, Delta, Delta Connection (operated by both Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) and Comair ), USAir (which had merged with Piedmont in 1989) and USAir Express . Delta and Delta Connection (ASA) had

3560-724: The Transport Workers Union of America in December 2010, citing scheduling concerns among other issues in their work rules, and the airline's pilots elected to vote on whether to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in July 2012. In August 2012, the pilots voted to organize and joined the Teamsters. Allegiant's chairman and CEO, Maurice J. Gallagher Jr., has been critical of the unionization of airline employees, and has stated, "Unionization

3649-551: The 2016 FAA audit, which found the company's safety issues "minor" and "non-systemic." As of November 2018, all of its MD-80s have been replaced by newer Airbus A320 family aircraft. As of December 2021, Allegiant offers service to 133 destinations throughout the United States, mostly to smaller non-hub regional airports and all usually only a few times each week. It chooses its routes after calculating expected costs and revenue and adds or ends service to particular destinations as demand warrants. As of November 2024 ,

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3738-475: The 2016 audit. In November 2016 the Tampa Bay Times noted that Allegiant's planes were four times more likely to have in-flight failures than other major US airlines, and a 60 Minutes report by CBS News in 2018 continued to investigate the issues. Public records cited in the investigation found that the airline had more than 100 serious mechanical incidents between January 1, 2016, and October 31, 2017, including "mid-air engine failures, smoke and fumes in

3827-549: The Allegiant fleet consisted of the following aircraft: Allegiant Air is known in the aviation industry for purchasing jets second-hand or at steep discounts. Used aircraft tend to be significantly less fuel efficient , but fuel costs are also less of a problem for Allegiant which operates aircraft at relatively low duty cycles. At the start of operations in the late 1990s, Allegiant purchased used McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jets, which it operated until 2002, when they were replaced by newer, but still aged, McDonnell Douglas MD-80s ,

3916-697: The MD-80 to the Airbus A320 family . A total of 35 Airbus A319-100 aircraft in a high-density seating configuration, fitted with four overwing exits, were purchased from easyJet and Cebu Pacific . In 2013, the airline started adding the Airbus A320-200 to its fleet, purchasing used aircraft from Iberia and Philippine Airlines , and leasing other aircraft. In 2016, Allegiant purchased its first new aircraft, buying 13 A320s direct from Airbus, taking advantage of lower prices for an older model as

4005-966: The Phoenix metropolitan area. The Mesa airport joined Las Vegas, Orlando, and Tampa/St. Petersburg as major hubs for the airline. At the time, Allegiant maintained a fleet of 32 planes going to 53 destinations in total. The Mesa airport announced a 10,000-square-foot (930 m ) expansion in August 2008, which increased the number of gates from two to four and allowed Allegiant to triple the number of flights from Phoenix. On November 14, 2007, Allegiant opened its fifth focus city and operations base at Fort Lauderdale , connecting other Allegiant cities to South Florida . In January 2008, Allegiant opened its sixth base at Bellingham , Washington. Expansion in Bellingham has been largely driven by its proximity to Greater Vancouver , British Columbia . In January 2010,

4094-480: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . Allegiant Air Allegiant Air (usually shortened to Allegiant )

4183-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

4272-534: The aircraft manufacturer prepared to begin production of the Airbus A320neo . These new aircraft seat 186 passengers due to a smaller lavatory. On October 31, 2017, the final 757 was retired from service, and in November 2018, the last MD-80s operated by Allegiant were retired. Allegiant purchased additional new aircraft in January 2022, this time buying 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, taking advantage of low prices as other airlines cancelled their orders in

4361-628: The airline celebrated its one-millionth passenger to fly out of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Allegiant's parent company also announced that it had purchased 18 additional used MD-80 aircraft from Scandinavian Airlines . In February 2010, Allegiant opened its ninth base at Grand Rapids' Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Michigan. The airline based two McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft in Grand Rapids , but ended their airport's status in 2011. The airline continues to fly out of Grand Rapids in

4450-808: The airline flew 12 million passengers on its 99 planes to 120 destinations from California to Florida. In February 2018, Allegiant also announced that a new base would be established at the Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport . In June 2018, Allegiant added another base at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee . In January 2019, Allegiant announced that it would be adding another base at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan . Allegiant announced that they would be adding an additional base at Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines, Iowa by November 2019. The base

4539-422: The airline's major creditors, to gain control of the business. A veteran leader of low-cost airlines, Gallagher had worked with WestAir and was one of the founders of ValuJet Airlines . In June 2001, Gallagher restructured Allegiant to a low-cost model , focusing on smaller markets that larger airlines did not serve with mainline aircraft. Allegiant's headquarters and operations were also moved to Las Vegas. In

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4628-440: The airport began work on a multi-phase renovation and expansion of the terminal building. The new terminal will include 280,000 square feet (26,000 m), 150% larger than the current space, with 12 gates instead of the current seven and additional room for expansion. The renovated and expanded terminal is being constructed on the site of the existing terminal, necessitating a multi-year approach to its construction. The old terminal

4717-427: The airport is undergoing expansion and reconstruction. Once the construction work is finished the terminal will be 150% larger than currently and will have 12 rather than 7 gates. It will be two-story rather than single story when complete. The groundbreaking ceremony for the terminal occurred 11 August 2023. The new air-traffic control tower will be ready in 2025 and ground breaking was January 2023. The completed project

4806-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

4895-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

4984-512: The airport. In 1948, Capital Airlines , Delta Air Lines and Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989) served the former Asheville airport, all with Douglas DC-3s . Capital flew nonstop to Charlotte and Knoxville; Delta flew nonstop to Greenville, SC, and Knoxville; Piedmont flew nonstop to Tri-Cities, TN and Charlotte. In 1959, the Asheville City Council would purchase property partially located in neighboring Henderson County for

5073-853: The brand name Allegiant Vacations. The company has arrangements with 34 hotels in Las Vegas and 21 in the Orlando and Daytona Beach, Florida , areas. In 2008, the airline sold 400,000 hotel room nights. Commissions on hotel and rental car packages are up to one-third of the airline's revenue. In 2009, ancillary revenues were $ 33.35 per passenger. In Q2 of 2024 ancillary revenues were $ 75.34 per passenger. Allegiant's air charter operation contributed 7% of its revenue in 2009. In March 2011, Allegiant took over charter service to Wendover Airport for Peppermill Casinos, Inc. to shuttle customers to Peppermill's three casinos in West Wendover, Nevada ;

5162-507: The cabin, rapid descents, flight control malfunctions, hydraulic leaks and aborted takeoffs." Other public records further revealed that Allegiant aircraft, on average, were nearly three and a half times more likely to have mid-air breakdowns than American, United, Delta, JetBlue and Spirit. Allegiant responded to the investigation stating that many of the issues occurred on their older MD-80 model aircraft which have since been replaced with Airbus A320, and also defended its safety record, citing

5251-502: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

5340-506: The country and flies from about a dozen small airports near the Canada–U.S. border . Many of its customers at airports such as Bellingham, Washington and Plattsburgh, New York are Canadians, who save money on airfare by crossing the border to the U.S. and flying domestic routes from U.S. airports. Part of the airline's business model includes keeping labor and fleet costs low. Allegiant purchases jets second hand or at steep discounts. Given

5429-486: The development of the airport. The North Carolina General Assembly would pass a bill that would to redesign the boundaries of Buncombe and Henderson to include the proposed airport property entirely in Buncombe, allowing Asheville to annex the complete site. In 1961, Capital Airlines flew Vickers Viscounts into the recently opened new airport with nonstop service to Atlanta, GA, Tri-Cities, TN and Winston/Salem. Capital

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5518-934: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

5607-418: The existing lobby. The second-level boarding area was removed and the ground-level boarding areas were expanded and renovated in 2003, designed by McCreary/Snow Architects, PA and built by Wilkie Construction Company, Inc. In 2009, $ 17.8 million of improvements were completed, including a Guest Services center, an additional baggage carousel , rental car desks, offices and security enhancements. In November 2017,

5696-490: The fall of 2001, Allegiant exited bankruptcy and the case was officially closed in early 2002. In March 2002, Allegiant entered into a long-term contract with Harrah's to provide charter services to its casinos in Laughlin and Reno, Nevada. At the same time, the airline acquired its first McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jetliner. From 2002 through 2004, the airline developed its scheduled-service business model. By 2004, Allegiant

5785-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

5874-478: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

5963-597: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

6052-479: The fourth quarter of 2011. It gained the approval for type with the FAA in July 2011, and then worked with the FAA to obtain the appropriate ETOPS rating in order to be able to serve Hawaii. Allegiant no longer operates service to Hawaii. In mid-2015, a rash of midair breakdowns drew federal scrutiny. "Before the night was finished on June 25, 2015, five Allegiant flights had been interrupted in four hours, all because different planes had failed in midair," reported

6141-487: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

6230-509: The low initial purchase price, Allegiant is able to operate its aircraft at a lower duty cycle (seven flight hours per day on average compared to 13 hours per day at JetBlue Airways ), which helps keep labor costs lower. Allegiant schedules their crew members so that they typically return to their home base at the end of the day, avoiding the expense of hotel rooms. Allegiant maintains control over pricing by offering flights exclusively through its website, which also offers ancillary products for

6319-596: The name Allegiant Air and received FAA and US DOT certification for scheduled and charter domestic operations on June 19, 1998. The airline also has authority for charter service to Canada and Mexico. Scheduled service began on October 15, 1998, between 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 . During

6408-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

6497-697: The naming rights to the team's new home, Allegiant Stadium , in Paradise, Nevada . Allegiant was also a main sponsor with GMS Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series and continues to be an associate sponsor for the team owned by Chairman Maury Gallagher , Legacy Motor Club in the NASCAR Cup Series . In January 2020, Allegiant became the official airline of

6586-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

6675-507: The other charge was dismissed. On December 27, 2019, a small plane crashed in the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center parking lot adjacent to the airport shortly after takeoff. All five people on board survived with injuries and escaped before the plane exploded. Download coordinates as: IATA airport code The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it

6764-473: The runway was originally constructed. In December 2015, a temporary runway was opened west of the existing runway (16/34). The temporary runway 35 Instrument Landing System (ILS) is operational, and Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPI) are available on both ends of the runway. The runway magnetic compass heading has shifted slightly over the years, and runway 16/34 has been renamed to runway 17/35. The new runway entered service on November 5, 2020. In 2023

6853-462: The same aircraft for a brief visit and speech at a nearby manufacturing facility. The terminal building opened on June 7, 1961 (the airport opened in January 1961). A $ 20 million expansion and renovation project began in 1987. The expansion project was completed in 1992, which resulted in an expansion of the ticket lobby, baggage claim area, and administrative office space. A second-level boarding area and jetways were constructed, as well as an atrium to

6942-506: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

7031-477: 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. Allegiant 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. Later in 2000, Allegiant continued to expand and

7120-500: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

7209-515: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

7298-529: The use of two letters allowed only a few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

7387-437: The year ending March 31, 2023, the airport had 80,199 aircraft operations, average 220 per day: 59% general aviation , 13% air taxi , 22% airline, and 6% military. At that time, 132 aircraft were based at the airport: 113 single-engine, 10 multi-engine, 7 jet, and 2 helicopter . The airport sees the following jet airliners regularly: On July 19, 1967, Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 , a Boeing 727-100 , collided in mid-air with

7476-519: Was acquired by and merged into United Airlines which in 1963 flew Viscounts and Douglas DC-6Bs nonstop to Atlanta, Greensboro, Raleigh/Durham and Washington D.C. National Airport . In 1966 Delta had one daily flight from Asheville, a Douglas DC-7 nonstop to Knoxville and direct to Louisville and Chicago O'Hare Airport . In 1966 Piedmont Fairchild F-27s and Martin 4-0-4s flew nonstop to Atlanta, Charlotte, Knoxville, Roanoke and Tri-Cities, TN. Piedmont Airlines introduced Boeing 727-100s in 1967,

7565-590: Was committed to the contract. The contract was for fixed-fee flying, meaning all the airline was required to do was provide the dry aircraft and the flight crew. The contractor was responsible for all other costs including fuel. However, Allegiant ended this service in August 2009. The company had charter contracts with Caesars Entertainment to ferry customers to Caesars casino properties through Reno-Tahoe International Airport , Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport and Tunica Municipal Airport . These contracts ended in December 2012 when Caesars Entertainment signed

7654-920: Was delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and opened in 2021. On February 12, 2021, Allegiant launched flights to John Wayne Airport with 8 initial destinations including Boise , Grand Junction , Las Vegas , Medford , Missoula , Provo , Reno/Tahoe , and Spokane . On August 10, 2021, Allegiant announced that they would be opening 2 more operating bases at Appleton International Airport and Bishop International Airport beginning March 2022. On October 7, 2021, Allegiant began serving non-stop flights from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to Asheville, North Carolina , and Palm Beach, Florida . They would later serve 5 more, including Punta Gorda, Florida , Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida , and Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona . They serve all of these routes using Airbus 320 aircraft. The same year it entered into

7743-559: Was flying from 13 small cities to Las Vegas and offering bundled air and hotel packages. In May 2005, the airline's holding company, Allegiant Travel, completed a private equity placement worth $ 39.5 million. In November 2006, Allegiant filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in anticipation of a planned initial public offering of its Common Stock . It raised $ 94.5 million in equity capital with 5.75 million shares worth $ 18 each. It began trading on

7832-579: Was flying nonstop Boeing 737-200s from Atlanta, Charleston, WV and Raleigh/Durham. In 1976 United flew direct to Tampa via Atlanta; in 1978 Piedmont 737s flew direct to Chicago O'Hare Airport via Tri-Cities, TN. Piedmont was the only jet airline at Asheville in February 1985, with Boeing 727-200 and Fokker F28 Fellowship nonstops from Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte and Roanoke and one-stop 727s from Denver, Miami and New York LaGuardia Airport , plus one-stop F28s from New York Newark Airport according to

7921-450: 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. Citing higher fuel costs as a major factor, Allegiant filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2000. The bankruptcy allowed Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. , one of

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