Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air, in the midst of a flurry of new service announcements, today detailed plans for new nonstop air service between McCarran International Airport and Lexington, Ky.
Information on the Lexington flights came on the heels of Wednesday’s announcement of new service to Knoxville, Tenn.
Both routes will operate twice a week beginning in November and use recently acquired 217-seat Boeing 757 twin-engine jets.
The Lexington service begins Nov. 16 with Wednesday and Saturday operations. Flights will leave McCarran on those days at 8 a.m., arriving at Blue Grass Airport at 2:30 p.m. The return flight leaves Lexington at 3:45 p.m., arriving in Las Vegas at 5:30 p.m.
The Knoxville service begins Nov. 18 with Monday and Friday operations. Flights will leave McCarran on those days at 6:05 a.m., arriving at McGhee Tyson Airport at 12:40 p.m. The return flight leaves Knoxville at 1:55 p.m., arriving in Las Vegas at 3:15 p.m.
Allegiant is introducing the routes with a limited number of one-way fares of $105 and $110, respectively, on the two routes. Those discounted tickets must be purchased by Sept. 20 for Knoxville and Sept. 21 for Lexington for travel between November and Feb. 14.
Allegiant is flying its reconditioned 757 jets on domestic routes in advance of launching service between the West Coast and Hawaii next year.
Last month, Allegiant announced flights between Las Vegas and Lafayette, La., as well as routes to several cities from Mesa, Ariz., Palm Springs, Calif., and the airline’s Florida destinations.