|
This morning, Allegiant Air announced direct service to Orlando, FL
on a twice-a-week schedule. Orlando becomes the 11th city
served from SGF and the second for Allegiant Air, a leisure
destination, scheduled service airline.
In April 2005, Allegiant began service in Springfield with 2 flights
per week to Las Vegas. Shortly after, the airline added 2 more
flights to Las Vegas each week. Allegiant operates a fleet of
150-passenger MD-83 and MD-87 aircraft.
With Allegiant's announcements and
the July expansion of Delta's service to now include non-stop
service to Salt Lake City, the rapid passenger growth at the airport
shows no signs of slowing down.
In the first half of 2005, passenger
numbers have increased 25.1% over the first half of 2004. (The
721,958 passengers in 2004 was a record for SGF and a 10% increase
over 2003.) Continuing at this pace, the airport will likely
see 900,000 to 1 million passengers by the end of this year. |
