ALLEGIANT REPORTS MAY 2014 TRAFFIC

ALLEGIANT REPORTS MAY 2014 TRAFFIC

Las Vegas. June 4, 2014 - Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for May 2014.

"Revenue for May outperformed our expectations," said Andrew Levy, President and COO of Allegiant Travel Co. "June revenue is also expected to exceed our earlier forecast. We now project our second quarter PRASM to increase between 5 and 6 percent and second quarter TRASM to increase between 3.5 and 4.5 percent.

We expect second quarter CASM ex fuel to increase between 4.5 and 5.5 percent, and total CASM to increase between 2.5 and 3.5 percent. The total CASM estimate is based on a system fuel price per gallon of $3.20 for the full quarter."

Scheduled Service

May 2014

May 2013

Change

Passengers

649,122

586,118

10.7%

Revenue passenger miles (000)

598,158

575,291

4.0%

Available seat miles (000)

672,430

645,429

4.2%

Load factor

89.0%

89.1%

(0.1) pts

Departures

4,392

3,982

10.3%

Average stage length (miles)

896

948

(5.5%)

Total System*

May 2014

May 2013

Change

Passengers

660,981

596,407

10.8%

Revenue passenger miles (000)

609,480

584,061

4.4%

Available seat miles (000)

690,584

662,268

4.3%

Load factor

88.3%

88.2%

0.1 pts

Departures

4,567

4,171

9.5%

Average stage length (miles)

886

931

(4.8%)

*Total system includes scheduled service and fixed fee contract.

Preliminary Financial Results

Change

April 2014 actual year-over-year

Scheduled revenue per scheduled ASM (PRASM) change

9.7%

April 2014 actual year-over-year

Scheduled total revenue per scheduled ASM (TRASM) change

6.9%

May 2014 estimated year-over-year PRASM change

4.0% to 4.4%

May 2014 estimated year-over-year TRASM change

3.8% to 4.2%

$ per gallon

May 2014 estimated average fuel cost per gallon - system

$3.20

May 2014 estimated average fuel cost per gallon - scheduled

$3.24


Guidance

Capacity guidance, subject to revision

Year over Year Growth

Departures

ASMs

June 2014

Scheduled

+12%

+10%

2nd Quarter 2014

System

+10 to 11%

+7.5 to 8.5%

Scheduled

+10 to 11%

+7 to 8%

3rd Quarter 2014

System

+10 to 14%

+9 to 13%

Scheduled

+10 to 14%

+9 to 13%

ASMs - Available seat miles

Allegiant, Travel is our deal.®
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Company (ALGT) is focused on linking travelers in small cities to world-class leisure destinations. The company operates a low-cost, high-efficiency, all-jet passenger airline through its subsidiary, Allegiant Air, while also offering other travel-related products such as hotel rooms, rental cars, and attraction tickets. All can be purchased through the company website, allegiant.com. The company has been named one of America`s 100 Best Small Companies by Forbes Magazine for four consecutive years. For downloadable press kit, including photos, visit: http://gofly.us/SQmY7O.

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Reference to the Company`s website above does not constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon into this news release.

Under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are only estimates or predictions based on our management`s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements include our statements regarding future departure and capacity growth. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as the words "guidance","believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "project," "hope" or similar expressions.

Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Important risk factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements generally may be found in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.

Any forward-looking statements are based on information available to us today and we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise.

Allegiant Media Contact:

Investor Inquiries:

Jessica Wheeler

Chris Allen

e-mail: mediarelations@allegiantair.com

e-mail:ir@allegiantair.com




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