{"id":427915,"date":"2026-05-14T19:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/allegiant-sun-country-merger-8th-largest-us-airline\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T19:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:42:23","slug":"175-cities-650-routes-allegiant-sun-country-merger-creates-americas-8th-largest-airline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=427915","title":{"rendered":"175 Cities & 650 Routes: Allegiant-Sun Country Merger Creates America’s 8th Largest Airline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allegiant Air<\/a><\/span> has completed its $1.5 billion acquisition of Sun Country Airlines<\/a><\/span>, creating one of the country’s largest carriers and strengthening Allegiant’s position as the biggest leisure airline in the US. With almost 175 destinations and over 650 routes, the two airlines will continue to operate under their respective brands for the foreseeable future, although the Sun Country name will eventually be assimilated under the Allegiant brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new leisure giant with a combined fleet of nearly 200 aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,2994,6809,1027,1907,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-allegiant-air","category-leisure-airline","category-merger","category-sun-country-airlines","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t