LAS VEGAS, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for August 2024.
"As we have progressed through the third quarter, we have continued to observe a strong demand environment," noted Drew Wells, Chief Commercial Officer of Allegiant Travel Company. "While we expected the year-over-year unit revenue cadence to improve through the end of the quarter, the environment has certainly outperformed our initial expectations. Although the full month of September will likely be TRASM negative on a year-over-year basis, we now expect the back half of the month to flip positive. Given recent booking improvements coming out of July, we expect third-quarter unit revenues to be down roughly 5.5 percent year-over-year compared with our prior commentary of down 7.5 percent. Although early, holiday bookings are showing signs of strength with both yields and loads performing well against expectations on December capacity increases of 18 percent over 2023."
"Non-fuel unit costs are expected to be up approximately 4.5 percent during the third quarter as compared with the prior year, 2.5 points better than anticipated due primarily to the CrowdStrike impact coming in below what we had previously estimated and a better-than-expected completion factor during the quarter," stated Robert Neal, Chief Financial Officer of Allegiant Travel Company. "Additionally, we have observed improvements in the fuel environment. We expect fuel to come in at roughly $2.70 per gallon for the third quarter, down from our prior expectation of $2.80. Guidance updates related to the changes in the revenue and cost environments are included in the table below. We continue to expect Sunseeker to perform consistent with our prior guidance."
Third Quarter Guidance Update
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Current Guidance
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Prior Guidance
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System ASMs – year over year change
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~1.8%
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~1.3%
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Scheduled service ASMs – year over year change
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~1.6%
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~1.3%
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Fuel cost per gallon
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$2.70
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$2.80
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Airline-only operating margin
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(0.5%) – (1.5%)
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(4.5%) – (6.5%)
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Airline-only earnings (loss) per share,
excluding special charges
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($0.75) – ($1.25)
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($1.50) – ($2.50)
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Consolidated earnings (loss) per share,
excluding special charges
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($1.75) – ($2.25)
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($2.50) – ($3.50)
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Scheduled Service – Year Over Year Comparison
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August 2024
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August 2023
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Change
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Passengers
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1,327,765
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1,310,751
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1.3 %
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Revenue passenger miles (000)
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1,173,459
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1,163,582
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0.8 %
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Available seat miles (000)
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1,389,464
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1,353,230
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2.7 %
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Load factor
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84.5 %
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86.0 %
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(1.5pts)
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Departures
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9,143
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8,839
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3.4 %
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Average stage length (miles)
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862
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866
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(0.5 %)
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Total System* – Year Over Year Comparison
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August 2024
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August 2023
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Change
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Passengers
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1,344,533
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1,320,721
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1.8 %
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Available seat miles (000)
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1,444,380
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1,402,344
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3.0 %
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Departures
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9,553
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9,211
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3.7 %
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Average stage length (miles)
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857
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861
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(0.5 %)
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*Total system includes scheduled service and fixed fee contract. System revenue passenger miles and
system load factor are not useful statistics as system available seat miles include both ASMs flown by fixed
fee flying as well as non-revenue producing repositioning flights used for operational needs. Fixed fee flying
is better measured through dollar contribution versus operational statistics.
Preliminary Financial Results
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$ per gallon
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August 2024 estimated average fuel cost per gallon - system
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$2.63
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Allegiant Travel Company
Las Vegas-based Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) is an integrated travel company with an airline at its heart, focused on connecting customers with the people, places and experiences that matter most. Since 1999, Allegiant Air has linked travelers in small-to-medium cities to world-class vacation destinations with all-nonstop flights and industry-low average fares. Today, Allegiant's fleet serves communities across the nation, with base airfares less than half the cost of the average domestic roundtrip ticket. For more information, visit us at Allegiant.com. Media information, including photos, is available at gofly.us/iiFa303wrtF
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