Allegiant moving ahead with Sunseeker hotel project, expects to carry over 1.5m pax to Punta Gorda

Allegiant Travel Company chairman and CEO Maurice J Gallagher stated (25-Jul-2018) the company's Sunseeker resort project continues to move ahead, as it closes in on a financing plan. Specifics will be announced in the next 60 to 90 days. Mr Gallagher said: "We continue to be impressed with the many synergies and business alignments between Sunseeker and our air service presence on the west coast of Florida. Our Punta Gorda destination ... grew over 30 percent in capacity on a trailing twelve month basis". Allegiant is on pace to carry over 1.5 million passengers to Punta Gorda in 2018, he added. [more - original PR] [more - original PR - II]