Allegiant Air adding flights from St. Pete-Clearwater to Bangor

By TBO.COM | Staff
Published: September 16, 2009

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Allegiant Air will inaugurate non-stop service between Bangor, Maine, and St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport with two flights weekly beginning Nov. 20.

Inaugural one-way fares will begin at $89.99, not including taxes and fees for booking flights other than at the airport.

Flights on 150-passenger MD-80 aircraft will leave the Pinellas airport on Mondays and Fridays at 1:55 p.m. arriving in Bangor at 5:20 p.m.

The flights will depart Maine on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. arriving in Pinellas at 9:40 p.m.

While Allegiant is promoting the service as a boon to Pinellas beaches from snowbound Maine residents, the airline is likely to draw outbound passengers with the new service the only non-stop flights between the Tampa Bay area and Maine.

Reporter Ted Jackovics can be reached at (813) 259-7817.