25-Jul-2019 1:39 PM
Allegiant Travel Company reports block hour utilisation up 20% in 2Q2019
Allegiant Travel Company reported (24-Jul-2019) its 66th consecutive profitable quarter in 2Q2019, releasing the following operational highlights:
- Departures up 13.8% year-on-year, despite seven fewer aircraft in service on average;
- Average number of aircraft in service decreased from 92 to 85, down 7.6%;
- Spare aircraft decreased from 12 to four;
- Block hour utilisation increased by 20.5% to 8.8 block hours per aircraft per day;
- Maintenance cancellations down 87.6% year-on-year;
- On time performance was 77.7%, up 2.8ppts;
- Net promoter score up an average of 8ppts. [more - original PR]