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Allegiant to Buy Sun Country Airlines in $1.5 Billion Deal
|Allegiant to Buy Sun Country Airlines in $1.5 Billion Deal https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/business/allegiant-sun-country-airlines.html Allegiant Travel said on Sunday that it plans to buy Sun Country Airlines in a $1.5 billion deal. The…
Budget airline Allegiant to acquire Sun Country in $1.5 billion merger
WASHINGTON — Allegiant Airlines, one of the top budget airlines in America, announced Sunday it is merging with Sun Country Airlines to create a 'leading leisure-focused U.S. airline.' The combined company will have more than 650 routes…
Allegiant to acquire Sun Country Airlines for $1.5B
Low-cost airline Allegiant will acquire Sun Country Airlines in a deal valued at about $1.5 billion, including debt, the companies said on Sunday. As part of the agreement, Sun Country shareholders will receive 0.1557 Allegiant shares and $4.10 in…
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air to merge with another airline
Allegiant Air is merging with Sun Country Airlines and will form one of the largest leisure-based commercial air carriers in the country and will be headquartered in Las Vegas. The merger agreement, approved by the boards of directors of both…
Startup airlines look skyward again
Will India soon have three new airlines? While the country's airline startup story so far has been about big promises and missed deadlines, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu's recent meeting with the promoters of Shankh Air, Al Hind…
Major US airport finalizes $5bn expansion plans with airlines to double capacity
ONE of America's busiest airports has finalized expansion plans with airlines to nearly double its capacity. The huge project is expected to cost a whopping $5 billion and will take years to complete. Your info will be used in accordance with our…
Wow: Allegiant & Sun Country Merging, As Two Leisure Airlines Seek Synergies
There's more consolidation coming to the US airline industry, and I can't say this merger is particularly surprising. Allegiant Air and Sun Country Airlines have announced a definitive merger agreement, under which Allegiant will acquire Sun…
I Tried Status Free Airline, Hotel Free Agency And Hated It
After years of frustration with loyalty programs I proudly freed myself of the elite status grind. I hated it and came crawling back to both airline and hotel status. Every year the requirements get higher, the benefits are fewer – what's…
Airplane Art - Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-8 taxiing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport - Economy Class & Beyond
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-8 taxiing around Kuala Lumpur International Airport as it prepares to depart its home base on a mission in Asia. Malaysia Airlines…
Japan Airlines' Unique Problem? Young Locals Aren't Traveling Internationally
Here in the United States, international travel is all the rage, including for young people. In many ways that might not even be a good thing — due to the affordability problem that exists, so many young people don't even view buying a house…
Delta Becomes Official Airline of Las Vegas Sphere and Opens Delta SKY360° Club Lounge
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Boeing's airplane deliveries are the highest in 7 years. Now it's about to pick up the pace
Boeing is on track to report its highest number of airplane deliveries in a year since 2018. The manufacturer is scheduled to outline its production plans for 2026 later this month. Both Boeing and Airbus have struggled to deliver aircraft to…
Why do we pay more on one of the world's busiest air routes
Aviation data specialist OAG has released its annual analysis of the world's busiest flight routes, and sitting in sixth place is the Melbourne-Sydney route which saw close to 9 million scheduled seats in 2025. Front-runner among the city pairs is…
Is the recent IndiGo chaos a buying opportunity or a warning bell?
IndiGo's Flight Cancellations in December 2025 IndiGo blamed the new Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) norms. The government termed it an operational failure. But were the cancellations really caused by the new rules? Is the market overreacting to…
I left my job to launch start-up in a tough market with no experience
Aussie opened up on struggles of running a business He ran out of money twice and his warehouse was robbed READ MORE: My friend booked a trip to Australia to meet a man she started seeing. What happened next made me furious Stefan Di Benedetto's…
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