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

Scheduled Service

Sep. 2011 Sep. 2010 Change

Passengers                     359,739        362,519          (0.8)%

Revenue passenger miles (000)               327,382        330,800          (0.2)%

Available seat miles (000)                          363,438        359,785             1.0%

Load factor                         90.1%           91.9%        (1.8) pts

Departures                     2,684            2,697          (0.5)%

Average stage length (miles)                        892               889             0.2%

3Q11 3Q10 Change

Passengers                     1,478,046     1,488,600          (0.7)%

Revenue passenger miles (000)             1,347,896    1,356,043          (0.6)%

Available seat miles (000)                         1,462,636     1,512,650          (3.3)%

Load factor                         92.2%           89.6%          2.6 pts

Departures                     10,834          11,316          (4.3)%

Average stage length (miles)                        892               891             0.1%

Total System*

Sep. 2011 Sep. 2010 Change

Passengers                     398,206        390,492             2.0%

Revenue passenger miles (000)                 357,525  362,714          (1.4)%

Available seat miles (000)                          415,941        420,469          (1.1)%

Load factor                         86.0%           86.3%        (0.3) pts

Departures                     3,317            3,231             2.7%

Average stage length (miles)                        832               873          (4.8)%

3Q11 3Q10 Change

Passengers                     1,578,645     1,559,836             1.2%

Revenue passenger miles (000)            1,425,002     1,425,761          (0.1)%

Available seat miles (000)                         1,593,766     1,646,431          (3.2)%

Load factor                         89.4%           86.6%          2.8 pts

Departures                     12,527          12,761          (1.8)%

Average stage length (miles)                        845               865          (2.3)%

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

Preliminary Financial Results

Change

August 2011 actual year-over-year

scheduled revenue per ASM (PRASM) change                                  20.6%

August 2011 actual year-over year

scheduled total revenue per ASM (TRASM) change                          15.8%

September 2011 estimated year-over-year PRASM change          32.5 to 32.9%

September 2011 estimated year-over-year TRASM change         23.8 to 24.2%

September 2011 estimated average fuel cost per gallon                        

- system                         $3.04

September 2011 estimated average fuel cost per gallon                        

- scheduled                      $3.30

3Q11 estimated year-over-year PRASM change                           24.2 to 24.6%

3Q11 estimated year-over-year TRASM change                         19.1 to 19.5%

3Q11 estimated average fuel cost per gallon - system                         $3.12

3Q11 estimated average fuel cost per gallon - scheduled                        $3.33

Guidance

ASMs - Available seat miles

About the Company
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) has posted 34 consecutive quarters of profitability.  The company 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 and hotel rooms, rental cars and other travel-related services.  In 2011 and 2010 Allegiant ranked 64 and 25, respectively, on FORTUNE magazine's Fastest-Growing Companies list.  In 2010, Allegiant was ranked number one for low-cost carriers in Aviation Week's Top Performing Airline study.   ALGT/G

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LAKE FOREST, IL (10/05/2011)(readMedia)-- Tyler Dippel '15 of Bettendorf, IA, has been awarded a Johnson Science Scholarship to attend Lake Forest College.

The Johnson Science Scholarship is a Forester Scholarship. Forester Scholarships are awarded to students who have demonstrated special ability in and dedication to art, foreign language, leadership, music, theater, writing, or science (including the natural, mathematical, and computer sciences).

Dippel is a graduate of Pleasant Valley Community High School in Bettenforf, IA.

Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,500 students representing 47 states and 78 countries. For more information visit www.lakeforest.edu.

Bettendorf – Come in costume and celebrate the fall season! On Sunday, October 23, from noon - 5:00 PM the Family Museum's annual event, Scarecrow Shenanigans, returns this year with even more kooky, spooky, and ooky activities. Almost every gallery and room in the Museum will be filled with art activities, games, and science projects.

In the Museum's Great Hall visitors will construct haunted houses, play Halloween games, and grab a quick snack. The Family Museum Gallery will get a spooky make-over, including a one-day-only spooky change to the virtual pond in the PlayHouse area. Inside the Gallery there will be monster crafts, masks, and human "body parts" to touch. Visitors are also invited upstairs to make snot out of common household items and to dissect real eyeballs. And new this year: there will be horse drawn hayrack rides!

Tickets are free for Family Museum members and $8.00 each for the general public.  Tickets are limited and going fast, so get yours today.  Everyone must have a ticket to enter - even Museum members. For more information please call (563) 344-4106, or visit www.familymuseum.org.  Scarecrow Shenanigans is sponsored by The Family Credit Union.

Bettendorf ? Most people know the turtle basics: hard shell, four legs, head, tail. But visitors to the exhibit Turtle Travels will find out there's a lot more to turtles than they thought. Appearing at the Family Museum October 15, 2011 - May 20, 2012, Turtle Travels is a fun-filled interactive exhibit that gives visitors a turtle-eye view of life in the slow lane.

Guests of all ages will walk onto a life-sized board game and explore interactive games, images, participatory text, artifacts, and a video about what it's like to be a turtle moving through local habitats. The lively setting will have visitors advancing from one station to the next as they crawl under a live turtle enclosure, try on a turtle shell, help turtles to safety, and follow a sea turtle as it swims.

They'll discover fascinating facts about what it's like to be a turtle?  how turtle bodies adapt themselves to many different habitats, why turtles need shells, the kinds of hazards they encounter in the wild, why turtles have been important to many different cultures, and more. This special exhibit is sure to intrigue visitors of all ages and provide an unusual perspective on some really cool reptiles. Trek along this turtle terrain, and you'll find out that slow and steady not only wins the race but takes turtles on some amazing journeys too!

The exhibit includes a variety of fun components for families, including:

• A Swiss Army turtle that illustrates how turtle's body parts are adapted to fit their environment
• Interactive games that use the science of radio telemetry to track turtles through their terrain

• Live turtles
• Cutout "turtle traveler" and "turtle tracker" stand-ups where visitors can pose for photographs
• A restful spot for lounging on a turtle and discovering the many turtles that star in children's tales

Turtle Travels, a traveling exhibition created by the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC), will be at the Family Museum from Saturday, October 15, 2011 through Sunday, May 20, 2012. Admission to Turtle Travels is free with Family Museum admission.

Turtle_Tunnel: Visitors can crawl under the turtle tunnel to safely reach the other side of the road.

Reading_Area: Relax on a turtle seat and read your favorite turtle book.

Track_the_Turtle: Use the antenna to find the hidden turtle. Use the same radio telemetry equipment that scientists use to study how turtles live and travel.

Turtle_Shell_Station: Work with a partner to build the arch of a turtle's shell. A turtle's shell is shaped like a series of arches, giving it great strength.

The Family Museum is a hands-on children's museum located in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Hours

Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm

Thursday 9am-8pm

Sunday noon-5pm

Admission

Free for Family Museum members and children under age 1

$4 for children age 1 up to age 2

$7 for ages 2-59