Leisure passenger airline
Allegiant Air
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Get to know Allegiant Air.
Allegiant builds its travel offering around affordable nonstop journeys. If helping people reach a long-awaited vacation or a family visit motivates you, its leisure-travel focus is a useful starting point for exploring an operations career.
WHY CONSIDER ALLEGIANT AIR?
Picture yourself here.
Explore the planning behind a route network built around leisure travel and seasonal demand.
A distributed base system may appeal if you like understanding how schedules fit local markets.
Career perspectives to explore, not promises of a vacancy, specific duties, benefits, or progression. Ask the employer what applies to the role you are considering.
- Type of operation
- Leisure passenger airline
- Headquarters
- Las Vegas, Nevada
HOW IT BEGAN
A little history.
Allegiant began passenger service in 1999. It completed its acquisition of Sun Country in May 2026, expanding the group's leisure and charter footprint.
FLEET & NETWORK
The operation behind the name.
- Aircraft types
- Airbus A319/A320 and Boeing 737 MAX 8 for Allegiant; Sun Country aircraft are listed separately.
- Reported fleet size
- 124 Allegiant aircraft in passenger service at the end of Q2 2026: 105 Airbus aircraft and 19 Boeing 737 MAX 8s.
- Main airports / operating bases
- Las Vegas (LAS) and a distributed network of leisure-market bases; confirm the current base list with the airline.
- Where they fly
- Primarily nonstop leisure routes connecting smaller cities with vacation destinations.
Company profile researched October 15, 2026. Fleet figures use the reporting dates and scope shown; aircraft on order are not counted as operating aircraft.
The figure excludes Sun Country's separately reported passenger and cargo fleet. The two profile totals should not be combined with a group total.
PAY & WORKING LIFE
The details that matter.
- First-year / starting pay
- $39.68/hr
- Top pay
- $67.03/hr
- License pay / premiums
- Not listed
- Shift patterns
- 4-3; 10 Hr Shifts
- Annual hours worked
- Not listed
- Union / representation
- Teamsters
Pay is shown in the source’s stated currency and period. Older entries describe historical terms. Verify current pay, training rates, premiums, and progression with the employer or applicable agreement.
AROUND THE OFFICE
Local income & housing.
- Dispatch office location
- Las Vegas (LAS)
- Local median income (not airline pay)
- $73,877/yr
- Local gross rent / month
- $1,563
Local income and gross rent are figures reported in the source spreadsheet, not airline employee pay. They describe the referenced city or county, not surrounding communities. Gross rent includes rent and renter-paid utilities. Census links may now show newer figures than this snapshot.
A career link does not indicate an open vacancy. Requirements and benefits may vary by position and agreement.
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