Allegiant Air has made this announcement:

State and local officials joined executives fromย Allegiant Travel Company today as the company announced plans to establish a two-aircraft base atย Des Moines International Airport (DSM).ย The announcement heralds the leisure airline’s 20th base of operations, a $50 million investment which will locate two Airbus A320 aircraft in Des Moines, bringing at least 66 new, high-wage jobs to the community.ย The Las Vegas-based carrier will begin base operations at DSM on May 14, 2020.

Allegiant began service atย DSMย inย 2003ย and currently offers eight non-stopย routes โ to Orlando-Sanford, St. Pete-Clearwater, Punta Gorda, Destin-Fort Walton Beach and Sarasota, Florida; Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona; Los Angeles, California; and Las Vegas, Nevada.ย Allegiant in 2018 carried more than 232,000 annual passengers through Des Moines, and is on track to eclipse that number in 2019.



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