By Bill O’Brien
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Seasonal air service to Fort Lauderdale from Cherry Capital Airport (TVC) through Allegiant Air won\u2019t return next winter.<\/p>\n
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Flights from TVC to the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Florida were among 61 flights across the U.S. eliminated by the low-cost air carrier that were recently announced.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe had an inclination they would probably do that,\u201d TVC Executive Director Kevin Klein says. \u201cThat service won\u2019t be back this fall – maybe in the future, but not right away.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The changes won\u2019t impact Allegiant\u2019s other flights out of TVC, Klein says. The Las Vegas-based airline also offers late fall and winter season flight service to airports in Orlando\/Sanford, Tampa\/St. Petersburg and Punta Gorda in Florida, and summer air service to Phoenix\/Mesa in Arizona.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThose are all doing very well,\u201d Klein says.<\/p>\n
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This year\u2019s seasonal service between TVC and Fort Lauderdale started in early January and continued through late May. Allegiant is the fourth-largest airline at TVC in terms of passenger counts, trailing mainline carriers United, Delta and American. Through May, Allegiant moved 51,473 travelers in and out of TVC, down more than 9 percent from last year.<\/p>\n
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Other Michigan airports were also impacted by Allegiant\u2019s schedule changes. Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids also lost its seasonal service to Fort Lauderdale, Klein says, as well as coastal flights to Los Angeles International Airport and to Newark, New Jersey. Bishop International Airport in Flint also lost three Allegiant flights.<\/p>\n
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Klein says some of the changes are the result of Allegiant rerouting parts of its jet fleet to fill in air service gaps around the U.S. created by the recent shutdown of budget carrier Spirit Airlines, which ceased operations on May 2. Some Allegiant flights to Los Angeles International (LAX) were also ended as the airline shifts more of its operations to the Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in the Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re starting to see a lot of aggressive changes in the industry right now,\u201d Klein says. \u201cIt\u2019s really interesting to see what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n