tom11011

It's not really a rumor, its probably going to happen. It comes up all the time at our town hall meetings and it looks promising. Right now its a temporary seasonal base but that could change.

I am not exactly sure what criteria they will use to decide but they seem very happy with the numbers.

NickAdams

Anyone care to comment on the AVL base? Don't see much on here about it. What would life be like there as opposed to a big base like LAS or SFB?

NickAdams

Anybody???

dutch rudder

Guess AVL guys don't forum. I'm not based there but I can give you some info.

10 captains: 5 lines, 2 composite, 3 reserve. 9 FO's: 4 lines, 1 composite, 4 reserve. 2 MD80's I think (transition to Airbus in November this year). I think it's moderately senior.

Can't comment on QOL. I assume it's good. You may fly a lot on reserve since AVL is close enough to cover FL bases. That's all I got.

ecam

Several new hires got it in the most recent class. I hear there's still openings.

Shangri La

Hey all, sorry to dredge up an old thread, but figured this is the best place to ask. Seeing how allegiant is one of the most un-commuter friendly airlines to work for, generally how stable are the bases? Obviously noone has a working crystal ball, but say iwa, or avl for example. What would be the likelihood of bases like that surviving the next recession?

skydisaster

No base is guaranteed to survive at Allegiant, but the larger bases are fairly secure. (LAS, IWA, SFB, PIE, PGD)


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ecam

Allegiant actually tends to do well during recessions because people still go on vacation. They just drift away from the large full service airlines and choose us. We did relatively well in the last recession, but we also didn't have the ULCC competition we have now. But our core business model (farm to Florida, farm to desert) actually does better in poor economic times. And the large bases aren't going anywhere.

dutch rudder

No base is guaranteed to survive at any airline. Generally speaking, the bases with the most flying, and subsequently the most pilots and aircraft, will be the most likely to survive. These bases have the most resources, diverse routes, and long track record of profitability. If you think about it, this rule applies everywhere, not just Allegiant. Delta isn't closing ATL... but what about CVG?

Like Sky disaster said, IWA, LAS, SFB, PIE, and PGD are most likely here forever. Next is CVG. Then our other bases in order of the characteristics stated above. I think TYS would be the winner for most unstable... 1 airplane, new base, etc. Obviously there are other factors, like BLI and its connection to the strength of the Canadian dollar. Anything could happen.

Any G4 folk know when the last base closure was anyway? GRR? I can't remember.

ecam

GRR

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