TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 Allegiant Air announced eight new nonstop routes in Florida, including at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. <\/p>\n
The new routes begin this fall, the airline said in a news release Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\t \u201cWe\u2019re excited to announce these new routes and believe it is an important time for Allegiant to increase travel options in these markets,\u201d Drew Wells, Allegiant\u2019s chief commercial officer, said in a statement. \u201cOur mission is to offer service where it is needed most, and these additions ensure that affordable fares can remain available to consumers despite industry changes.\u201d<\/p>\n Beginning October 2, travelers will be able to fly nonstop from St. Pete-Clearwater to Philadelphia International Airport, with fares starting at $69 one-way. Nonstop service to Columbia, Missouri, via Columbia Regional Airport, begins on November 19, with one-way fares as low as $59.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in Florida, a new route between Orlando-Sanford International Airport (SFB) and Trenton, New Jersey via Trenton-Mercer Airport begins October 2. Travelers can fly from Punta Gorda Airport to La Crosse, Wisconsin via La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) beginning on October 1.<\/p>\n New routes from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport International Airport include:<\/p>\n Boston, Massachusetts via Boston-Logan International Airport (BOS)\u00a0beginning October 1<\/p>\n Omaha, Nebraska via Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA)\u00a0beginning October 2<\/p>\n Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania via Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)\u00a0beginning October 2<\/p>\n Kansas City, Missouri via Kansas City International Airport (MCI)\u00a0beginning October 2<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we grow our route map, we ensure affordable options remain available for travelers across America,\u201d Wells said.<\/p>\n Tickets for the new routes are available now on the Allegiant website<\/a>.<\/p>\n This comes just days after Allegiant announced it completed its purchase<\/a> of fellow budget airline Sun Country Airlines. Spirit Airlines shut down on May 2<\/a> after 34 years in operation after facing years of financial troubles, which included heavy debt, repeated attempts at restructuring and issues with cash-flow. The spike in fuel costs due to the conflict in Iran accelerated Spirit\u2019s decline. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 Allegiant Air announced eight new nonstop routes in Florida, including at St. Pete-Clearwater International…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-276771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\t\tSummer travelers who relied on Spirit Airlines may struggle to find budget alternatives\t<\/a><\/p>\n