Allegiant Air's mechanical failures on 3 planes delay 662 Hawaii-bound passengers

[BEECH-SLAPPED]

We seem to be coexisting in BLI, hopefully PAE too.

 

[nordo_2]

http://www.fool.com/investing/gener...elays-at-allegiant-will-help-competitors.aspx

But hey, the stock is up almost 2%....

Carnival is still in business.

 

[climbhappy]

G4 has the numbers to prove this theory so far. Pax complain about bad service. Have never been willing to pay for it, in any sizeable amount. Infrequent customers have very short memories. The majority of casual flyers commoditize aviation, a kin to purchasing gasoline. Coming up on the first page of the Internet search, using price as the ultimate driver has worked so far.

Will see.

i always laugh when a friend wil say, "hey gas is five cents cheaper at xyz station 25 miles across town...."

 

[metroplex]

And an article in the Las Vegas Sun shows a photo gallery of Allegiants new Airbus, already with 3 MEL stickers .......hahaha

 

[jonjuan]

i always laugh when a friend wil say, "hey gas is five cents cheaper at xyz station 25 miles across town...."

Sounds like you hang out with some real winners.

 

[BuckMurdock1]

[/QUOTE]And an article in the Las Vegas Sun shows a photo gallery of Allegiants new Airbus, already with 3 MEL stickers .......hahaha[/QUOTE]
Holy crap! That's a lot of seats!! I guess anyone over 4'10" tall will be having a not-so-pleasant ride (and the people in front of them will be treated to a free 'shiatsu' massage). I have no doubt that they'll be filling EVERY seat, too; demand from cheap pax will never wane.

 

[airplane wizard]

Carnival is still in business.

Wasn't there a Carnival Airlines at one time??

 

[CA1900]

Wasn't there a Carnival Airlines at one time??

Indeed there was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Airlines

 

[WSurf]

Hmmm, I just got a email from them with a big Hawaii sale, lol. $149.00 bucks to fly a rickity 757 for six hrs overwater. I think I will take HAL.

What I don't understand is Hawaii isn't cheap at all! Unless I missed something and its a budget type vaction now. And if you've got the money to vaction there well then you'd have the money to fly on a much larger carrier and airline cost shouldn't be much of a factor. While there 757 are some of the newer ones, my buddy that flies for them says the seats don't recline. OUCH

 

[WSurf]

Indeed there was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Airlines

I believed they even landed at the wrong airport in FL didn't they???

 

[CA1900]

... my buddy that flies for them says the seats don't recline. OUCH

I actually consider that a bonus. I hate it when the guy in front of me reclines, as it makes it impossible to properly use my laptop, and it digs into my knees.

I believed they even landed at the wrong airport in FL didn't they???

I don't know of them actually landing at the wrong one, but they did almost land at Lantana airport instead of PBI. That would have been sporty to say the least! Article

 

[nordo_2]

I believed they even landed at the wrong airport in FL didn't they???

You mean like Delta did, like American did, like United did…

 

[johnsonrod]

Hawaii makes sense for Allegiant because most pax spend at least a week in Hawaii (vs. just 2-3 days) and Allegiant gets a piece of the full package (i.e., car rental, hotel and even side trips) arranged through Allegiant... The airplane seat is a loss-leader for Allegiant which makes it up on the total package - that is the Allegiant model for all of its sunny destination markets... Hawaii will be profitable if a majority of the passengers use the Allegiant tour packages (vs. the one-off passengers). Of course, paying below-average wages for 757 flying helps preserve the profit margins too............

 

[Grandpa +65]

ETOPS was a bit harder than it looked. Southwest found that out also.

 

[BentOver]

If you're planning a dream vacation/wedding/ or get that one week of vacation a year.. It's usually pretty important to buy a ticket on a reliable carrier that'll more than likely get you there.... Like say Hawaiian.... I'd be pissed if I booked a dream vacation and then got delayed for 3 days....