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ALLEGIANT REPORTS JANUARY 2013 TRAFFIC
Las Vegas. (February 5, 2013) Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) today
reported preliminary passenger traffic results for January 2013.
Scheduled Service
Jan 2013 Jan 2012 Change
Passengers 514,840 473,549 8.7%
Revenue passenger miles (000) 515,583 447,883
15.1%
Available seat miles (000) 593,260 500,279 18.6%
Load factor 86.9% 89.5% (2.6)pts
Departures 3,638 3,489 4.3%
Average stage length (miles) 954 925 3.1%
Total System*
Jan 2013 Jan 2012 Change
Passengers 527,908 501,601 5.2%
Revenue passenger miles (000) 525,025 468,304 12.1%
Available seat miles (000) 618,676 537,469 15.1%
Load factor 84.9% 87.1% (2.2)pts
Departures 3,923 3,974 (1.3)%
Average stage length (miles) 925 878 5.4%
*Total system includes scheduled service, fixed fee contract and
non-revenue flying.
Preliminary Financial Results
Change
December 2012 actual year-over-year
Scheduled revenue per scheduled ASM (PRASM) change (6.6)%
December 2012 actual year-over-year
Scheduled total revenue per scheduled ASM (TRASM) change (0.5)%
January 2013 estimated year-over-year PRASM change (11.0)% to (10.6)%
January 2013 estimated year-over-year TRASM change (3.5)% to (3.1)%
$ per gallon
January 2013 estimated average fuel cost per gallon - $3.30
system
January 2013 estimated average fuel cost per gallon - $3.35
scheduled
Guidance
Capacity guidance, subject to revision Year over Year Growth
Departures ASMs
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February 2013
Scheduled (2)% 16%
1(st) Quarter 2013
System (8) to (4)% +12 to 16%
Scheduled (2) to 2% +15 to 19%
2(nd) Quarter 2013
System (7) to (3)% +14 to 18%
Scheduled 0 to 4% +19 to 23%
ASMs - Available seat miles
Allegiant, Travel is our deal.(®)
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Company(®) (NASDAQ: ALGT) is focused on linking
travelers in small cities to world-class leisure destinations. Through its
subsidiary, Allegiant Air, the company operates a low-cost, high-efficiency,
all-jet passenger airline, and offers other travel-related products such as
hotel rooms, rental cars, and attraction tickets through its website,
allegiant.com. The company has been named one of America's 100 Best Small
Companies by Forbes Magazine for four consecutive years. For downloadable press
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