Summary
- Allegiant Air will probably be moving its operations at Nashville International Airport to the brand new satellite concourse, providing passengers with a state-of-the-art facility.
- Since starting service in Nashville in 2018, Allegiant has transported nearly two million passengers and invested $50 million in infrastructure and equipment.
- Allegiant has the sixth-largest market share at Nashville International Airport, serving 31 destinations with 616 flights in October, a lot of that are operated by its fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft.
Earlier today, Allegiant Air announced it might move its operations at Nashville International Airport to the brand new satellite concourse.
Moving to a brand new concourse
Nashville International Airport has been undergoing a series of renovations, with a brand new international arrivals facility opening last month, and a brand new satellite concourse opening in the approaching days. In anticipation of the opening of the brand new satellite concourse, Allegiant Air announced it might move its operations from the B concourse to the satellite concourse this Saturday, October 21.
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Allegiant highlighted that its passengers will now experience a state-of-the-art facility when traveling through Music City, improving their experience.
“We’re excited to have a brand new home at BNA. The brand new satellite concourse will give us the pliability to higher serve our customers. Nashville is a key a part of our network, and this added capability and recent infrastructure will give us opportunity for much more future convenient and reasonably priced travel options at BNA, while bringing economic and tourism advantages to the communities in Music City.” – Drew Wells, Senior Vice President of Planning and Revenue and Chief Revenue Officer
Allegiant first began serving Nashville in 2018, and since then, has transported nearly two million passengers through the Tennessee capital. Two years after its first flight in Nashville, Allegiant established a base there with three aircraft, creating 66 recent jobs between flight and ground crews. Beyond that, the airline invested $50 million in infrastructure and equipment. Since 2020, a fourth aircraft has been added to the bottom and the BNA team has grown to 111 staff.
Allegiant’s operations in Nashville
In line with Cirium, there are 18,835 flights scheduled to and from Nashville International Airport this month. Southwest Airlines has the most important market share by far, nearly thrice as many as its next closest competitor, American Airlines. Allegiant has the sixth-largest market share, with 616 flights on 25 routes in October. All year long, the low-cost carrier serves 31 destinations and faces no competition on 19 of them.
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It’s interesting to notice that none of Allegiant’s routes in October are served every day. The 2 busiest routes, to Des Moines and Grand Rapids, each have 4 weekly flights. Allentown and Syracuse each have 4 weekly flights starting on the second week of the month. Fargo, Flint, St. Peterburg, Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Fayetteville have three weekly flights. All of those routes except Pittsburgh, which also has service from Southwest Airlines, are uncontested.
Allegiant also serves Appleton, Cedar Rapids, Sioux Falls, Punta Gorda, Orlando-Sanford, Albany, Bozeman, Akron, Washington-Dulles, Harrisburg, Peoria, Windfall, Provo, Sarasota, and Jacksonville from Nashville. All destinations are served with the 2 aircraft types Allegiant currently has in its fleet, the Airbus A319 and A320, with many of the flights being operated by the A320. Of the 616 flights in October, 594 are on the A320s. Allegiant’s entire fleet, which comprises 129 Airbus aircraft, has a mean age of 16.4 years. In coming years, the fleet will probably be renewed with Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, the 737-7 and 737-8-200.