Allegiant Air Kicks Off Service to Las Vegas From MidAmerica St. Louis Airport With Elvis Karaoke, Roulette Spins for Tickets -
Inaugural Flight Event Begins at 7 p.m. Friday, April 29

Mascoutah, Ill. April 19, 2005 — Allegiant Air’s nonstop service to Las Vegas from MidAmerica St. Louis Airport will begin with a First Flight party Friday evening, April 29, complete with Vegas showgirl, Elvis impersonator, roulette wheel spins for prizes , and even an Elvis karaoke contest offering round-trip tickets as prizes.
Activities begin at 7 p.m. at the airport. The flight departs at 9:05 p.m.
“Las Vegas is the Entertainment Capital of the World,” Maurice J. Gallagher, Allegiant Air president and CEO, said, “What better way to celebrate the launch of our new nonstop, low-cost service to Vegas than with a takeoff party and a champagne flight.”
Gallagher added, “Because our new service is exciting for the entire community, we’re inviting the public to attend, and we’re offering several prizes of round-trip tickets to Las Vegas.”
Attendees at the First Flight event will receive cards bearing roulette numbers when they arrive. Several times during the evening, officials will spin a roulette wheel, and holders of winning numbers will receive a prize. Some prizes will be pairs of round-trip Allegiant Air tickets.

Another opportunity to win round-trip tickets will be for attendees to compete in an Elvis karaoke contest, which will be judged by an Elvis impersonator, Vegas showgirl and a local disk jockey.
The new flights will operate twice weekly, with service Monday and Friday. Flights will depart MidAmerica at 9:05 p.m., arriving in Las Vegas at 10:35 p.m. Flights leaving Las Vegas will depart at 3:10 p.m.. arriving at St. Louis at 8:25 p.m. (all times are local).
Allegiant will utilize a full-size, 150-seat MD-80 jet aircraft on the route.
Allegiant also offers complete air and hotel vacation packages to Las Vegas through its Allegiant Vacations program. Allegiant Vacations offers low-cost packages with 27 of Las Vegas’ most exciting hotel properties, including the Bellagio, Venetian, Paris, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Monte Carlo, Mirage, Golden Nugget, Excalibur, Tropicana, Bally’s, Flamingo, Four Queens, Riviera, Frontier, Luxor, Circus Circus, Imperial Palace, Hotel San Remo, Gold Coast, Boardwalk, Westin Casuarina, Stardust, Orleans and Plaza.
Reservations can be made on the airline’s website at www.allegiantair.com, through the airline’s Reservations and Information Center at 800-432-3810 or through professional travel agents.

About the Company
Allegiant Air, LLC is an all-jet, low-fare, low-cost passenger airline dedicated to providing a new way to fly. At Allegiant, all travel is ticketless, all fares are one-way and a Saturday night stay is never required. With a focus on leisure travel, the company emphasizes low-costs, innovation and leisure traffic to world-class destinations – currently Las Vegas, Nev. and Orlando, Fla. The company provides its customers additional value through its Allegiant Vacations division, which maintains significant hotel partnerships in both Las Vegas and Orlando. Allegiant currently provides nonstop scheduled service from 17 U.S. markets to the Las Vegas destination. Beginning May 26, 2005, the airline will begin scheduled service from four U.S. markets to Orlando. In addition to its scheduled service, the airline also operates charter service throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The carrier’s charter customers include Harrah’s Entertainment, Apple Vacations, U.S. Forest Service, collegiate athletic organizations, film production companies and corporations. Allegiant’s fleet includes 12 MD80 series jet aircraft, all fitted with comfortable leather seats and spacious overhead luggage bins. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., Allegiant is a privately owned airline founded in 1997.