Allegiant reports November 2023 traffic, announced Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor opening

03.01.2024 - 09:16 / traveldailynews.com / Theodore Koumelis

Sunseeker joins Allegiant’s vast portfolio of ancillary products including rental cars, professional sports packages and more. The airline has been selling hotel rooms to customers on behalf of third parties for more than 18 years.

LAS VEGAS – Allegiant Travel Company reported preliminary passenger traffic results for November 2023.

Scheduled Service – Year Over Year Comparison

November 2023

November 2022

Change

Passengers

1,303,894

1,193,686

9.2 %

Revenue passenger miles (000)

1,178,002

1,094,020

7.7 %

Available seat miles (000)

1,405,369

1,272,381

10.5 %

Load factor

83.8 %

86.0 %

(2.2) pts

Departures

9,001

8,085

11.3 %

Average stage length (miles)

885

891

(0.7 %)

 Total System* – Year Over Year Comparison

November 2023

November 2022

Change

Passengers

1,333,604

1,221,545

9.2 %

Available seat miles (000)

1,467,019

1,342,100

9.3 %

Departures

9,529

8,680

9.8 %

Average stage length (miles)

873

875

(0.2 %)

*Total system includes scheduled service and fixed fee contract.  System revenue passenger miles and system load factor are not useful statistics as system available seat miles include both ASMs flown by fixed fee flying as well as non-revenue producing repositioning flights used for operational needs.  Fixed fee flying is better measured through dollar contribution versus operational statistics.

Preliminary Financial Results

$ per gallon

November 2023 estimated average fuel cost per gallon – system

$3.24

The company also recently opened Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor, the airline’s highly-anticipated hotel-resort located on the Gulf Coast in Southwest Florida. The resort – spanning over 22 waterfront acres with 785 premier guestrooms – marks a major milestone in Allegiant’s evolution as an integrated travel company, expanding opportunities it provides to its customers while setting the standard for the future of leisure travel.

“This is a transformational project for Allegiant,” said Maurice J. Gallagher, CEO and founder of Allegiant. “It’s a catalyst for our continued growth as an integrated travel company and an example of how the industry can adapt to continue providing customers with the products and services they want.”

“We have helped pioneer selling ancillary products both inside and outside of an airplane, in turn, diversifying our revenue streams,” said Gregory Anderson, Allegiant president. “Over the past five years, we have sold on average about 300,000 ‘third-party’ hotel room nights per year to our customers. The opening of Sunseeker Resort is a key milestone in providing more customer offerings through our ‘first-party’ integrated resort.” 

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