Allegiant Travel Company, CEO, Greg Anderson at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Americas 2026
Allegiant Travel Company, CEO, Greg Anderson spoke to CAPA TV at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Americas 2026, hosted in Charleston, about latest industry trends and company developments.
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Transcript
Greg Anderson:What's the latest on demand? Safe for Allegiant, we're seeing demand continues to be exceptional. We haven't seen a drop in demand. We focus on the leisure customers. We're— and what we'll continue to do is we'll adjust capacity accordingly as we, as we monitor the demand environment. But where we're at today, we had 16% unit revenue growth in the— and over 16% in the first quarter. We expect to exceed that in the second quarter. We announced that at our earnings call a couple of months ago, and that's still trending in that same direction. So demand continues to be really strong. We're keeping a close eye on it. We know it can change on a dime. And that's what I'm— where I mean, we'll adjust capacity accordingly. I think for us, the way we're— the best way for us to, to adjust our fares is through capacity changes. So we're not just throwing out blanket fare increases, we're just adjusting capacity accordingly. So when you pull out capacity, it helps lift fares. That, you know, there's less capacity, more demand. We're working towards a single operating certificate. We think that'll take on average 18 months. So it's still a ways down the road. The good thing is we have tremendous fleet flexibility with the combined company. And so over time, we'll be able to, we think, put the right aircraft in the right market with right gauge aircraft and everything. So really excited about the opportunities ahead. A little early to figure out, though, what that's going to look like today.
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