Allegiant Reports June, Second Quarter 2010 Traffic And Revenue

Achieves 93% Scheduled Load Factor for June

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Jul 07, 2010, 07:30 ET

LAS VEGAS, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT), today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for June, second quarter 2010 and six months ended June 2010.

Scheduled Service

	June 2010	June 2009	Change
Passengers	528,187	496,364	6.4%
Revenue passenger miles (000)	479,889	445,116	7.8%
Available seat miles (000)	516,712	486,654	6.2%
Load factor	92.9%	91.5%	1.4 pts
Departures	3,867	3,692	4.7%
Average stage length (miles)	891	882	1.0%

	2Q10	2Q09	Change
Passengers	1,468,939	1,376,746	6.7%
Revenue passenger miles (000)	1,356,693	1,226,282	10.6%
Available seat miles (000)	1,477,455	1,349,958	9.4%
Load factor	91.8%	90.8%	1.0 pts
Departures	10,824	10,323	4.9%
Average stage length (miles)	910	873	4.2%

	YTD 2Q10	YTD 2Q09	Change
Passengers	2,825,549	2,587,071	9.2%
Revenue passenger miles (000)	2,664,659	2,328,751	14.4%
Available seat miles (000)	2,904,001	2,564,789	13.2%
Load factor	91.8%	90.8%	1.0 pts
Departures	20,905	19,464	7.4%
Average stage length (miles)	927	880	5.3%

Allegiant estimates June 2010 scheduled revenue per ASM (RASM) increased between 14.75 and 15.25% and scheduled total revenue per ASM (TRASM) increased between 13.75 and 14.25% as compared with June 2009. Allegiant estimates second quarter 2010 RASM increased between 9.25 and 9.65% and TRASM increased between 7.50 and 7.90% as compared with second quarter 2009.

Total System*

	June 2010	June 2009	Change
Passengers	553,780	535,151	3.5%
Revenue passenger miles (000)	502,812	468,796	7.3%
Available seat miles (000)	559,377	527,260	6.1%
Load factor	89.9%	88.9%	1.0 pts
Departures	4,382	4,289	2.2%
Average stage length (miles)	857	826	3.8%

	2Q10	2Q09	Change
Passengers	1,542,110	1,474,146	4.6%
Revenue passenger miles (000)	1,418,387	1,296,956	9.4%
Available seat miles (000)	1,601,126	1,469,788	8.9%
Load factor	88.6%	88.2%	0.4 pts
Departures	12,364	11,925	3.7%
Average stage length (miles)	869	828	5.0%

	YTD 2Q10	YTD 2Q09	Change
Passengers	2,979,569	2,768,754	7.6%
Revenue passenger miles (000)	2,792,143	2,463,937	13.3%
Available seat miles (000)	3,158,312	2,801,745	12.7%
Load factor	88.4%	87.9%	0.5 pts
Departures	24,064	22,549	6.7%
Average stage length (miles)	882	835	5.6%

*Total system includes scheduled service, fixed fee contract and non-revenue flying

About the Company

Las Vegas based Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT), is focused on linking travelers in small cities to world-class leisure destinations such as Las Vegas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Orlando, Fla. Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla. and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Through its subsidiary, Allegiant Air, the Company operates a low-cost, high-efficiency, all-jet passenger airline offering air travel both on a stand-alone basis and bundled with hotel rooms, rental cars and other travel related services. ALGT/G

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