Allegiant is more than just an airline. The leisure travel company has expanded beyond offering flights to offer a new resort. Coming in 2020, Sunseeker Resort is scheduled to make its debut in Port Charlotte, Florida, just a short distance from Punta Gorda airport.
The 227-room property will be built alongside several condo towers with approximately 842 one-, two- and three- bedroom units.
"The Sunseeker resort project continues to move ahead. We are closing in on a financing plan and hope to announce the specifics in the next 60 to 90 days," said Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., chairman and CEO of Allegiant Travel Company during the release of the company's second quarter financial results.
"We continue to be impressed with the many synergies and business alignments between Sunseeker and our air service presence on the west coast of Florida. Our Punta Gorda destination-a 15-minute drive from our Sunseeker location, grew over 30 percent in capacity on a trailing 12-month basis. We are on a pace to carry over 1.5 million passengers in and out of Punta Gorda this year," added Gallagher.
Currently, the airline is in the process of upgrading its fleet from MD-80 aircraft to Airbus A320 planes.
"We are continuing our transition to an all-Airbus fleet," said Gallagher. "We have done an excellent job year-to-date but this summer was the critical period in this transition, including the timely delivery and induction of 15 Airbus aircraft, and retirement of six MD-80s."
Gallagher did also note the previous hiccups in the transition.
"We are on our schedule as planned, though some delayed deliveries in late May impacted our peak June period, in terms of top line and operations reliability. Looking forward, we should complete our transition at the end of November as scheduled," he said.
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