Allegiant Air
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This article is about the airline based in the United States which was previously known as WestJet Express. For the airline based in Canada, see WestJet.
Not to be confused with Allegiance Air.
Allegiant Air (usually shortened to Allegiant) is an ultra low-cost U.S. carrier that operates scheduled and charter flights. It is a major airline, the fourteenth-largest commercial airline in North America.
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Founded | January 1997; 27 years ago (1997-01)[1] | ||||||
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Commenced operations | June 1998; 25 years ago (1998-06)[1] | ||||||
AOC # | WX0A156I[2] | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Allways Rewards | ||||||
Fleet size | 126 | ||||||
Destinations | 124[3] | ||||||
Parent company | Allegiant Travel Company | ||||||
Headquarters | Summerlin, Nevada, United States | ||||||
Key people | Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. (CEO) | ||||||
Website | allegiantair.com |
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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[update].[4] The corporate headquarters are in Summerlin, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas.[5]