Allegiant Air unveiled nine new routes on Tuesday as it updates its schedule for the spring.The new routes are a hallmark of Allegiant’s historic strategy, connecting five small and mid-sized markets to leisure destinations mostly in Florida or the Southwest.Appleton landed three of the nine new routes, which will give the city nonstop service to Denver and the Florida destinations of Fort Lauderdale and Sarasota. With the new routes, Allegiant will fly to 11 seasonal and year-round destinations from Appleton.Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG’s free new biweekly Aviation newsletter!Elsewhere, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Flint, Michigan, each landed two new nonstop routes while Toledo, Ohio, and Clarksburg in north-central West Virginia each got one.Allegiant touted the new routes as starting “just in time for spring break,” but eight of the nine routes will operate year-round. Only the Toledo-Mesa, Arizona, route will be seasonal, operating from March to May. All of the new routes operate twice a week.Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.A full list of the new routes is below.Budget carrier battle: Sun Country appears to retaliate against AllegiantAppleton, Wisconsin (ATW)Denver (DEN): Begins March 11Fort Lauderdale (FLL): Begins March 10Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida (SRQ): Begins March 11Flint, Michigan (FNT)Boston (BOS): Begins March 10Jacksonville, Florida (JAX): Begins March 11Knoxville, Tennessee (TYS)Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP): Begins March 9Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX): Begins Feb. 16Elsewhere in Tennessee: Allegiant Air latest to plan base in booming NashvilleClarksburg, West Virginia (CKB)St. Petersburg, Florida (PIE): Begins March 11Toledo, Ohio (TOL)Phoenix/Mesa (AZA): Begins March 9
