Allegiant is the first airline to start regular passenger service from Concord Regional and will be

The airline, which offers only low-fare trips from small markets to leisure destinations, will fly from Concord to Orlando twice weekly, on Monday and Friday. The round-trip tickets will start at $99, although customers must book travel by Thursday to get that special rate.
Allegiant is the first airline to start regular passenger enterprise rent a car vacaville service from Concord Regional and will be the only passenger airline in the region not operating from Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Concord Regional has applied for a $250,000 federal grant to help market the new air service and has also said it would spend $100,000 of local money for the same service. The airport would waive Allegiant s terminal rent or landing fees for two years to keep its costs down.
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Concord Regional officials said the airport plans a press conference Thursday to announce more details. A Concord Regional official said the city hasn t yet received the federal grant, but Allegiant s service isn t contingent on the grant.
Both of those are true of the Concord-Orlando flights. An Allegiant spokesman said the flights will be operated on 166-seat MD-80 jets. The flights will go to Orlando-Sanford International Airport, a smaller airport than Orlando International about 26 miles north of downtown Orlando.
The airline also charges for a wider range of services than most airlines, including $10 to $35 for a carry-on bag if the bag is booked in advance. If passengers arrive at the gate without having paid for a carry-on bag, the airline enterprise rent a car vacaville charges from $35 to $75 for the bag.
The cost to fly from Charlotte Douglas enterprise rent a car vacaville is 22 cents per mile, compared with 19.5 cents per mile from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and 19.3 cents per mile from Washington Reagan National Airport. That s also above the average cost of 16.5 cents per mile to fly from an East Coast hub, Concord officials said.
Concord Regional is considered enterprise rent a car vacaville a reliever airport for Charlotte Douglas, and handles a large number of private charter and general aviation flights. The airport said more than 40,154 passengers used the airport, mostly on charter flights.
Charlotte Douglas saw 41.2 million passengers last year. About three-quarters of travelers using Charlotte Douglas are connecting passengers changing planes enterprise rent a car vacaville at the airport, which is heavily dominated by US Airways.
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