A minor point. The earnings you see posted are for Allegiant Travel. Allegiant Travel also happens to run an airline. The gross/net revenues include all income from the sale of show tickets, local transportation in LAS, hotel rooms, etc, etc. That's not to say Allegiant isn't a well run business, but the numbers are not just for an airline operation. A significant portion of their overall revenue is from things not directly related to the operation of the airline.
Please don't infer any negative connotation from my point. I'm not implying anything other than there is slightly more to the story than simply saying Allegiant (the airline) made money. Allegiant Travel Company made money. Allegiant Airlines losses/profits are diluted by what the rest of the Allegiant Travel Company does.
I don't think many people really understand what Allegiant Air is.... It's obvious by the many posts about our airplanes always on the ramp on Tuesday's and Saturday's, as well as a post like the one I've quoted.
Ask our CEO what we are, and he won't say that we're an airline, because we're not. We are a travel company that has airplanes.
Without all those things you mention above, we are nothing. Our travel company has agreements in place with a great numbers of hotels, car rentals, tours, Vegas shows, etc and we sell many of these items on our airplanes.
We aren't in business to fly people between point A or B and Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, FLL, and Tampa. We are in business to sell vacation packages and add-ons to vacation.
I'm curious... Do the vacation packages that NWA Vacations, US Airways Vacations, or Continental Vacations fall under the same profit or loss that the airline falls under or are they reported differently? My bet is they don't....
The bottom line.... Allegiant Air made money.
