Allegiant Air Flying into Orlando International Airport(MCO)

[tigger2002]

I was looking at flights from Tri-Cities TN and Knoxville TN and noticed that Allegiant Air will be flying into Orlando International Airport(MCO) starting in mid Feb. You might want to check to see if they are changing in your area also.


IMPORTANT TRAVEL UPDATE: All flights serving Orlando, FL will route to/from Orlando/Sanford(SFB) airport through 2/12/2010. Effective 2/15/2010 all flights serving Orlando, FL will route to/from Orlando International Airport(MCO).


Wonder if they will get with Disney on Transfers?

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[Beachbumpirates]

Thank you so much for sharing this! We absolutely love Allegiant and fly them whenever possible but not in to Sanford because we love the Magical Express service.

 

[tigger2002]

I am not sure if all Allegiant flights fly into MCO or not.

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[Beachbumpirates]

Urgggh. We fly out of Rockford, IL and all the way thru May flights are still in and out of Sanford. How strange. Enjoy!

 

[SplashMountainManiac]

What depressing news. We live 5 miles from Sanford International and our family flies Allegiant from Michigan all the time. I hope they keep some of the flights going to our airport. Sanford is so much nicer and quieter then MCO.

 

[SplashMountainManiac]

Nope, just looked at Allegiant's site, guess they moved everything. What a crushing blow to our airport. That is our only domestic airline.

 

[kcashner]

At first blush, Allegiant's fares look incredible. However, by the time you add the baggage charges, etc. and driving to the nearest airport they use (they don't fly from our home airport), the savings evaporate!

 

[tigger2002]

You can get a good rate with Allegiant if take off all of the extra charges.

Decline priority seating -$6.99
Decline seat assignment -13.99
Make a reservation at the ticket counter instead of online -$14.00

Checked luggage is $20 like all airlines these days. You are allowed a carryon and personal bag (ie purse, backpack, etc.).

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[tigger2002]

Nope, just looked at Allegiant's site, guess they moved everything. What a crushing blow to our airport. That is our only domestic airline.

We are on the March 6th 2010 also. Just posted over there about going on a Native Way Tour at Grand Cayman.

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[Beachbumpirates]

Ok, where on their web site are you showing that all flights are now in and out of MCO instead of SFB? I am torn between being happy and sad and not sure how I should be feeling???? I am checking all the way in to May from Rockford and still showing Sanford and no sign of Orlando Intl. Please help and tell me where to look...

 

[tigger2002]

If you put in an airport that has changed such as Tri-Cities Regional as the "departure" city and put in Olando as the "to" arrival city then at the top of the page there is a warning like this right above the calendars.

IMPORTANT TRAVEL UPDATE: All flights serving Orlando, FL will route to/from Orlando/Sanford(SFB) airport through 2/12/2010. Effective 2/15/2010 all flights serving Orlando, FL will route to/from Orlando International Airport(MCO).


I also looked at Rockford and did not see that it has changed. Will it soon or later? I don't know.

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[Edd]

Allegiant is flying from 10 cities to Orlando International using 5 airplanes. They are flying into Sanford from 21 cities with 8 airplanes. They will continue to fly out of Sanford. There are some cities that offer more profit for the landing fees that will triple when they land Orlando.

The cities are Knoxville, Lexington, Allentown, Greenville, Grand Rapids, Tri-Cities, Huntington, Youngstown, Des Moines. You will be able to use the DME, but the luggage return is not in the future. so far.

 

[tigger2002]

Low-cost carrier Allegiant Air had found a home at Orlando Sanford International, but is planning a move of some Orlando flights to Orlando International Airport in a few months. Allegiant Air has made a niche for themselves in the commercial airline industry by operating efficient point-to-point flights between large, leisure markets and smaller cities a few times a week.

The main destinations for Allegiant Air are Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Orlando. In Orlando, Allegiant had the opportunity to keep costs lower by flying into and out of Orlando Sanford as opposed to the primary airport OIA. But as the airline grows, and so does competition, Allegiant Air plans to give OIA a try.

Currently, Allegiant Air flies to 31 cities non-stop out of Orlando Sanford, but starting in February 2010, ten of those flights will begin to operate out of Orlando International. This move Allegiant believes will make these flights more attractive putting their customers closer to the famous Orlando attractions.

Flights to and from Knoxville, TN and Lexington, KY will switch to OIA on February 1, 2010. These are both new markets for AirTran that currently flies passengers from those cities to OIA. This change will put Allegiant in direct competition with the AirTran flights.

Allentown, PA and Greenville/Spartanburg, SC will start on February 8, 2010 with Grand Rapids, MI starting on February 12. Springfield, MO and Tri Cities, TN will begin at OIA on February 15, and Huntington, WV on February 16. March 4 will see Youngstown, OH flights at OIA and March 5 will bring passengers from Des Moines, IA to Orlando's largest airport.

Allentown and Des Moines are also current AirTran non-stop OIA markets and Youngstown will compete with AirTran flights out of Akron/Canton. The Huntington, WV market is not far from the AirTran Charleston, WV market. At first glance it appears that a recent increase in AirTran markets out of OIA was in competition with Allegiant flights to Orlando Sanford, and now Allegiant has upped the competition by moving those markets to OIA to more directly compete with AirTran.

The result of these changes is unknown but if successful, the possibility exists that Allegiant could move more or all flights to OIA or AirTran could force their hand by adding additional non-stop markets to existing Allegiant markets they hope to keep at Orlando Sanford.

 

[Michele325]

Interesting. I will have to look at it from our airport (look like they are moving to MCO). Besides price and the airport being closer in Michigan to our house then dtw, we really like going into Sanford. So much easier, the people are so much nicer, etc. The only issue we have had is the slow rental car desk. We always rent a car with a family of 5, so transfers aren't an issue anyway.