Low-cost carrier Allegiant Air is expected to announce Tuesday it will start flights at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport – bringing another discount airline to the region and ending a growing controversy over Allegiant’s interest in Lunken Airport.

The Las Vegas-based vacation airline plans to launch flights to two Florida destinations – Orlando and Punta Gorda, a Gulf Coast community halfway between Sarasota and Fort Myers.

Flights, which will not be daily, are expected to begin in February.

CVG has called a 10 a.m. Tuesday press conference.

CVG and Allegiant officials declined comment.

The Enquirer first reported Allegiant Air’s interest in coming to the region early this year.

Allegiant’s decision could be a win-win for the region, long plagued by some of the nation’s highest airfares at CVG. The airport lands its second discount airline this year; Allegiant joins Frontier Airlines, which became the first low-cost carrier to fly out of CVG since the late 1990s.

Allegiant’s arrival is another indication local travelers are embracing low-cost service after years-long dominance by Delta Air Lines. Orlando, home of Disney World, is the fourth-most popular destination for local travelers at CVG, according to federal transportation data.

The once-thriving Delta hub had been hampered by years-long downsizing by the dominant carrier since 2005. But Delta’s cuts have leveled off this year at CVG, and the Allegiant news comes a week after Frontier announced it is expanding at the airport. Frontier launched a daily, nonstop flight to Denver in May. In February, the airline plans start flights to Trenton, N.J., which serves the Philadelphia and New York City regions.