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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Support them & they will come


A hearty congratulations to all of you in the region that have purchased tickets and flown Allegiant Air. From humble beginnings of a few flights from Huntington's Tri State airport to Orlando FL they have built their service up to include Ft Lauderdale FL and now are adding St Petersburg FL. For flight schedules, reservations and air/car/hotel packages contact your travel agent or on-line at http://www.allegiantair.com.

Even though some of the long established and “legacy” airlines have made losing hundreds of millions of dollars their business model, Allegiant and other low cost start up carriers have prospered by offering what customers want: low fares and great service.

And believe me if Allegiant and the other start-ups were not flying fairly full airplanes they would not continue to support a low load money losing market. So keep up the good work and support the carriers that listen to you. Sure fly the other guys when you have to but continue to help keep the no frills, low cost carriers in the air.