ALLEGIANT REPORTS AUGUST 2011 TRAFFIC

Las Vegas, September 6, 2011/ GLOBENEWSWIRE -- Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ:ALGT) today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for August 2011.

Scheduled Service

Aug. 2011 Aug. 2010 Change

Passengers                     478,518        517,680          (7.6)%

Revenue passenger miles (000)                    439,408        472,141       (6.9)%

Available seat miles (000)                          476,227        525,399          (9.4)%

Load factor                         92.3%           89.9%          2.4 pts

Departures                     3,493            3,915        (10.8)%

Average stage length (miles)                        901               895             0.7%

 

Total System*

 

Aug. 2011 Aug. 2010 Change

Passengers                     507,712        539,655          (5.9)%

Revenue passenger miles (000)                    462,146        492,000          (6.1)%

Available seat miles (000)                          514,770        564,520          (8.8)%

Load factor                         89.8%           87.2%          2.6 pts

Departures                     4,004            4,381             8.6%

Average stage length (miles)                        854               865          (1.3)%

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

 

Preliminary Financial Results

 

Change

July 2011 actual year-over-year

scheduled revenue per ASM (PRASM) change                                  24.1%

July 2011 actual year-over year

scheduled total revenue per ASM (TRASM) change                          20.2%

 

August 2011 estimated year-over-year PRASM change                20.2 to 20.6%

August 2011 estimated year-over-year TRASM change                15.3 to 15.7%

 

August 2011 estimated average fuel cost per gallon - system                   $3.12

August 2011 estimated average fuel cost per gallon - scheduled             $3.32

 

Guidance

 

 

Capacity guidance, subject to revision

Year over Year Growth

 

Departures

ASMs

September 2011

 

 

Scheduled

(1)%

1%

 

 

 

3rd Quarter 2011

 

 

System

(3) to (1)%

(4) to (2)%

Scheduled

(6) to (4)%

(4) to (2)%

 

 

 

4th Quarter 2011

 

 

System

+7 to 11%

+8 to 12%

Scheduled

+5 to 9%

+7 to 11%

 

 

 

 

 

ASMs - Available seat miles

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 Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix-Mesa, Orlando, Fla., and Tampa/St. Petersburg, 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.  In 2010, Allegiant was ranked number one for low-cost carriers in Aviation Week's Top Performing Airline study and ranked 25 on FORTUNE magazine's Fastest-Growing Companies list.  ALGT/G

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