Boeing 757-200 - Allegiant Air
Well, it’s not usual to see 2 posts in a day. But...it happened.
Summary of Allegiant Air:
Allegiant Air (usually shortened to Allegiant) is a major American airline headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. The airline focuses on serving leisure traffic from small and medium-sized cities which it considers to be underserved, using an ultra low-cost business model with minimal inclusions in fares and a greater number of add-on fees. Allegiant was founded in 1997 and is wholly owned by Allegiant Travel Company, a publicly traded company with 5,600 employees and over US$2.6 billion market capitalization in 2016. The airline is the fourteenth-largest in North America.
Aircraft in real life:
Allegiant Air used to have 6 Boeing 757-200’s. One of the being N901NV. The plane had been in service with Allegiant before being retired in August 31st of 2016. N901NV and all other of Allegiant's B757-200s entered commercial service in 2011 from Las Vegas to McAllen and Rockford. But the real reason for the sub-fleet was for Hawaii service. Hawaii started in the summer of 2012 when Las Vegas to Honolulu and Fresno to Honolulu took off. For Allegiant, Hawaii was a big, different, complicated, costly, and ultimately short-lived experiment. Likewise, its B757s, which all ceased being used in October 2017.
The 26.8 year old 757-200 [N901NV] was used by:
- Britannia Airways in May 1992 as G-BYAD
- ThomsonFly in Nov 2005 as G-BYAD
- Thomson Airways in May 2009 as G-BYAD
- AerCap in Dec 2009 as N963BV
- Allegiant Air in Apr 2010 as N901NV
- Air Finland (Leased from Allegiant Air) in Mar 2011 as OH-AFL
- Allegiant Air (Returned from lease) in Apr 2012 as N901NV
It was stored at Stuttgart in 31st Aug 2016 and was broken up in Feb 2019.
The aircraft in question:
N901NV taking off from Las Vegas Harry Reid International (LAS/KLAS)
N901NV landing at Las Vegas
N901NV (Left aircraft) and N905NV (right aircraft) paired up in Las Vegas
Other Info / fun facts:
This is the only Allegiant Air Livery on SimplePlanes (if there’s any I missed.)
This is my first post with a good detailed description.
Credits to @GalacticaAsia for the original B757-200 model.
Have Fun!
Specifications
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General Characteristics
- Predecessor B757-200RR[W]
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 134.6ft (41.0m)
- Length 155.3ft (47.3m)
- Height 45.1ft (13.8m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 64,419lbs (29,220kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.677
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.046
- Wing Loading 24.0lbs/ft2 (117.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 2,679.5ft2 (248.9m2)
- Drag Points 12501
Parts
- Number of Parts 512
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 3,087