Another Allegiant route cut because of fuel

1 comment January 2nd, 2008

Fort Wayne is losing its service to Las Vegas because of high fuel costs. It’s the latest cut by Allegiant Air: in November, the airline announced it was cutting Las Vegas service from Springfield, Champaign and Marion, Ill., and Lansing, Mich.; Gulfport, Miss.; and Huntsville, Ala. Allegiant’s not the only airline making cuts because of fuel prices, but since it’s Rockford’s biggest operator, it’s a scary trend.

When I talked to an Allegiant spokeswoman about this, she said Rockford (and Peoria) didn’t lose service because they were established routes with good passenger levels and profitability. I’d be interested in finding out what kind of load factors (percentage of the plane filled) they were getting on the Fort Wayne route, which started in March.

The Fort Wayne article listed the mileage between its airport and the Allegiant routes, courtesy of WebFlyer.com. With the announced cuts, Rockford-Allegiant will be the fourth-longest left in the system:

Lansing-Las Vegas: 1,680 miles
Fort Wayne-Las Vegas: 1,650 miles
Huntsville-Las Vegas: 1,600 miles
Fort Wayne-Mesa: 1,550 miles
Gulfport-Las Vegas: 1,550 miles
Green Bay-Las Vegas: 1,530 miles
Champaign-Las Vegas: 1,480 miles
Green Bay-Mesa: 1,480
Rockford-Las Vegas: 1,450 miles
Marion-Las Vegas: 1,440 miles
Peoria-Las Vegas: 1,410 miles
Springfield-Las Vegas: 1,410 miles
Duluth-Las Vegas: 1,390 miles
Rockford-Mesa: 1,380 miles