New Allegiant Air flights from metro Phoenix: Where you can go and how to get $50 flights
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is getting a new Allegiant Air route in time for the holidays.
Allegiant, the Las Vegas-based ultra-low-cost carrier, will begin flying to Portland, Oregon, from the east Mesa airport in November. It's one of six new routes nationwide the airline announced on July 11.
The new Portland flight will be Allegiant's 51st destination from Gateway Airport, where its flights comprise the vast majority of the airport's leisure travel business. From July 2022 to April 2023, the airport drew 1.6 million passengers; about 1.5 million flew with Allegiant, airport data showed.
The Mesa-Portland flight gives Gateway Airport some good news for the coming season after the losses of its flights from Canadian airlines.
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When will Allegiant's Mesa-Portland flights begin?
The first Mesa-Portland flight will take off on Friday, Nov. 17. Allegiant will offer the flights twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays in most weeks.
During Thanksgiving week, the flight typically offered on Friday will fly on Wednesday; in Christmas and New Year's weeks, the flight typically offered on Monday will fly on Tuesday.
What is Portland, Oregon, known for?
Portland is best known for its parks and gardens; the city's tourism bureau estimated more than 200 exist within city limits.
Highlights include the International Rose Test Garden, the oldest continuously operating public rose test garden in the U.S.; Lan Su Chinese Garden, which occupies a block of the city's downtown area; and Portland Japanese Garden, considered the most authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan.
It's also home to Powell's City of Books, the world's largest independent bookstore; and Voodoo Doughnut, a gourmet doughnut shop with a cult following that will soon open its first Arizona location.
Portland offers abundant side trip opportunities to see the scenic beauty of the Columbia River Gorge, including the towering Multnomah Falls waterfall and the mountains that face the Bridge of the Gods at the Oregon-Washington state line. Mount Hood to the east and Cannon Beach to the west are less than a two-hour drive away.
How to get cheap flights to Portland, Oregon
Allegiant is offering introductory rates as low as $50 one way for certain dates.
We found $50 flights from Mesa to Portland on Dec. 1, 8 and 11; Jan. 19, 22 and 26; and Feb. 2 and 9.
We found $50 flights from Portland to Mesa for Dec. 8, and 11; Jan. 19, 22 and 29; and Feb. 5 and 12.
Seats and dates are limited and the low fares are not available on all flights, according to Allegiant. Tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, July 12, for travel by Feb. 12, 2024. Baggage charges and additional fees and restrictions may apply.
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