Allegiant’s move to All-Airbus fleet paying off
Allegiant Air’s fast-tracked shift to an all-Airbus fleet is paying dividends, according to numbers from its first full quarter since it parked its last McDonnell Douglas MD-80. Despite seeing its average fleet size drop to 80 from 91 year-over-year, Allegiant’s Q1 metrics included a 4.8% increase in total departures and a 17% increase in aircraft utilisation. Spare aircraft dropped from 11 to 4, further bolstering operations. “For the March quarter, we produced an industry-leading completion factor of 99.2%,” Allegiant CFO and COO Scott Sheldon said. “Despite significant headwinds from weather-related delays and cancellations, we reduced our regular ops cost by US$2m and over $14mon a trailing 12-month basis.” Allegiant parked more than 30 MD-80s in 2018, speeding up a retirement schedule to help address reliability problems. <br/>
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Allegiant’s move to All-Airbus fleet paying off
Allegiant Air’s fast-tracked shift to an all-Airbus fleet is paying dividends, according to numbers from its first full quarter since it parked its last McDonnell Douglas MD-80. Despite seeing its average fleet size drop to 80 from 91 year-over-year, Allegiant’s Q1 metrics included a 4.8% increase in total departures and a 17% increase in aircraft utilisation. Spare aircraft dropped from 11 to 4, further bolstering operations. “For the March quarter, we produced an industry-leading completion factor of 99.2%,” Allegiant CFO and COO Scott Sheldon said. “Despite significant headwinds from weather-related delays and cancellations, we reduced our regular ops cost by US$2m and over $14mon a trailing 12-month basis.” Allegiant parked more than 30 MD-80s in 2018, speeding up a retirement schedule to help address reliability problems. <br/>
