Talking about the all-domestic operations so far involving 42 US states—the unprized part is intra-state services within ultra-low-cost carriers. The Allegiant’s newest route is scheduled on sole links for the coming 2025 within Florida-Orlando Saford and Tempa St Pete to Key West.
It will now begin flying between Knoxville and Memphis in Tennessee—the country’s 36th largest state in a geographic area. Allegiant earlier had intra-state services like Nevada in 2013 and 2024, with California in 2009 and 2020, Texas in 2021 and 2022, and now it is Tennessee.
Knoxville-Memphis: Allegiant Introduces Intra-Tennessee Route
So far, on September 4—Allegiant will take off from Knoxville, Perhaps taking around six hours to drive. The flights are serviceable and operate twice a week—airline-standard frequency- aboard the A320. The schedule summarized ensures that flights enable a long weekend- although the schedule is perhaps less than desirable.
That last nonstop service was in 2013, operated by Delta. That year, the airline closed its Memphis hub. But so far, according to the US Department of Transportation data, 2.2 million people flew between two cities between the years 1990 and 2013.
Unveiling the Current Market Size
The collective data shows 8,200 round trip passengers—flew within Knoxville & Memphis last year. Memphis was Knoxville’s seventh-largest unserved market within a 500-mile radius. However, only Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cleveland, Norfolk, St Louis, and Raliegh/Durham were the largest ones.
Airline traffic over the newest routes, although stimulated with non-stop services, strong promotions, and the case of Allegiant within the lowest fares. The use of 180-seat A320s and its operations all year around the carrier stimulated the strong traffic.
Allegiant Air’s Strongest State Markets: Top 5 Ranked
The Allegiant’s scheduled submission to Cirium Diio within June to September—the carrier has so far served the state pair by flights—Kentucky to Florida. This involved 22 routes with 1,584 one-way flights. In contrast, its least-served state pair is Wisconsin to Georgia-Allegiant with 10 departures each way—in the examined period. Two other state-level markets have 11 departures: Michigan to Georgia and Indiana to Georgia.
