LAS VEGAS, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT) today announced it is beginning a project to add 16 seats to its fleet of 150-seat MD-80 series aircraft, bringing the total number of saleable seats to 166 on each of these aircraft.

LAS VEGAS, March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT) today announced it has signed a forward purchase agreement to acquire six Boeing 757-200 aircraft.

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT) today announced that on December 30, 2009 it signed an agreement to purchase 18 MD-80 aircraft from Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS).

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, in a joint venture with Seven Q Seven (SQS) of San Antonio, Texas, celebrated the roll-out of the re-engined Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft along with Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force.

By Alan Levin As the jet roared toward takeoff, it seemed "sluggish" and struggled to lift off, the captain said later. It climbed only 100 feet before the control column started shaking violently, a warning that the jet was on the verge of plummeting to the ground.