Allegiant Air (Las Vegas) will celebrate World Wish Day by donating $1 to Make-A-Wish®, up to $10,000, for every itinerary booked with the airline today (Tuesday, April 29). The company recently celebrated the donation of its 100th Make-A-Wish® flight since teaming up with Make-A-Wish in May of 2012.

“Allegiant is thrilled to provide additional resources to the charity through our World Wish Day donation campaign and is honored to have provided air travel for 100 inspiring Make-A-Wish families,” said Andrew C. Levy, Allegiant Travel Company President and Chief Operating Officer. “Allegiant team members are passionate about making vacation possible for the 99 communities that we serve. Our ongoing relationship with Make-A-Wish expands on that mission by making more wish trips possible for the families helped by Make-A-Wish.”

The 100th wish flight recipients, Jonea, age 5, and Takiya, age 17, and their families, travelled with Allegiant from Rockford, Ill. to Orlando on April 7, for a week-long, magical wish experience. Both the Chicago-Rockford Airport (RFD) and Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) hosted celebratory parties for the families. To watch their life-changing wish trip journey visit: http://gofly.us/wf0n3.

Air travel is a critical resource for Make-A-Wish, with three out of every four wishes requiring air travel. Allegiant’s first Make-A-Wish flight took place in August of 2012, and the company currently averages six Make-A-Wish flights per month. This World Wish Day initiative will provide additional resources to the charity while offering customers the company’s best travel deals.

“We are extremely happy to team up with Allegiant as they continue to help us grant wishes that help wish kids feel better, and in some cases, get better,” said David Williams, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish America. “This relationship allows wish kids and their families in cities of all sizes to travel directly to incredible wish destinations throughout the country for their wish.”

Since teaming up with Make-A-Wish in May of 2012, Allegiant has provided more than $250,000 worth of donated wish travel for 100 families traveling to their wish destinations and more than $150,000 in cash sponsorships for Make-A-Wish events across the country. The airline also commemorated their relationship with the charity by painting a newly acquired Airbus A320 aircraft with a Make-A-Wish-branded livery and continues to donate $1 from every inflight purchase of their Wingz Kids Snack Pack to the organization. With service in nearly 100 communities, including popular family vacation destinations such as Orlando, Southern California and Hawaii, Allegiant is looking forward to continuing to support the life-changing efforts of Make-A-Wish.

Copyright Photo: Allegiant Air. On February 11, 2014 Allegiant Air unveiled its Make-A-Wish-branded Airbus A320-214 N218NV (msn 1229) into service at a ceremony in Sanford, Florida (near Orlando) (the aircraft was painted in December 2013). The airline celebrated by presenting a $10,000 check to Make-A-Wish, for the 10,000 shares of its plane painting video (see below).

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