The airline also has authority for charter service to Canada and Mexico. After losing a trademark dispute with Westjet Air Center of Rapid City, South Dakota, and recognizing the name's similarity to WestJet Airlines of Calgary, Alberta, the airline adopted the name Allegiant Air and received FAA and US DOT certification for scheduled and charter domestic operations on June 19, 1998. Dave Beadle (chief pilot) under the name WestJet Express. History Establishment Īllegiant Air was founded in January 1997 by Mitch Allee (owner, CEO), Jim Patterson (president), and Capt. The corporate headquarters are in Summerlin, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas.
It is a major air carrier, the fourteenth-largest commercial airline in North America.Īllegiant was founded in 1997 and is wholly owned by Allegiant Travel Company, a publicly traded company with 4,000 employees and over US$2.6 billion market capitalization in 2016. carrier that operates scheduled and charter flights. Allegiant Air (usually shortened to Allegiant) is an ultra low-cost U.S.
