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Exhibit 99.1
 
  
ALLEGIANT TRAVEL COMPANY SECOND QUARTER 2014
FINANCIAL RESULTS
46th Consecutive Profitable Quarter
Second Quarter Fully Diluted Earnings per Share of $1.86

 LAS VEGAS. July 23, 2014 —Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) today reported the following financial results for the second quarter 2014, as well as comparisons to prior year equivalents:
 
 
 
Three months ended June 30,

 
Six months ended June 30,
 
Unaudited

 
2014
2013
Change
 
2014
2013
Change
Total operating revenue (millions)
 

$290.5


$255.8

13.6
%
 

$593.1


$528.8

12.2
%
Operating income (millions)
 

$56.4


$42.9

31.5
%
 

$113.7


$95.2

19.4
%
Operating margin
 
19.4
%
16.8
%
2.6pp

 
19.2
%
18.0
%
1.2pp

EBITDA (millions)
 

$76.4


$61.0

25.2
%
 

$152.2


$130.4

16.7
%
EBITDA margin
 
26.3
%
23.8
%
2.5pp

 
25.7
%
24.7
%
1pp

EBITDAR (millions)
 

$78.3


$62.3

25.7
%
 

$163.5


$132.0

23.9
%
EBITDAR margin
 
26.9
%
24.4
%
2.5pp

 
27.6
%
25.0
%
2.6pp

Net income (millions)
 

$33.5


$25.8

29.8
%
 

$67.7


$57.7

17.3
%
Diluted earnings per share
 

$1.86


$1.34

38.8
%
 

$3.72


$3.00

24.0
%
Return on capital employed *
 
17.5
%
15.9
%
1.6pp

 
 
 


* - see appendix for calculation

“We are very proud to report our 46th consecutive profitable quarter,” stated Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Allegiant Travel Company. “We have been working very hard to mitigate the crew training issues that have impacted us in the past two quarters. Although these issues did contribute to operational inefficiencies and incremental costs during this past quarter we are trending in the right direction and hope these issues have minimal impact in the third quarter. On a much more positive note, in June we completed multiple aircraft transactions to add fourteen additional aircraft to our future fleet and raised $300 million of debt in the high yield market with very competitive terms. We could not have done this without the tremendous effort of our Team Members."

Notable company highlights

Increased operating margin, EBITDA margin and return on capital employed versus the same time last year


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Acquired 12 incremental A319 Airbus aircraft for delivery in 2018. See table below for financial impact of this transaction
Signed agreements to acquire one A320 and one A319 to be in service in 2015 and 2016, respectively
Entered into a letter of intent to purchase eight A319s, previously committed to under operating leases. Two of these are currently under operating lease to Allegiant, one is expected to be delivered in 2014 and five are expected to be delivered in 2015
In-service Airbus fleet of ten aircraft accounted for 21.9% of total ASM production during the quarter
Prepaid $121.1 million, 5.75% term loan facility due 2017
Raised $300 million, 5.50% senior unsecured notes due 2019, corporate rating of BB- by Standard & Poor's and Ba3 by Moody's
Raised $85.3 million collateralized by 53 MD-80 and six 757 aircraft
Initiated service on twelve new routes in the second quarter
Named Top-Performing Airline in North America by AVIATION WEEK for third consecutive year. The Company also has the best five-year average score of any airline worldwide, 76.9, more than 5 points higher than the second-ranked carrier


Second quarter 2014 revenue performance
 
Eighteenth consecutive quarter of year over year growth in total fare
Same store routes, operated in both the second quarter 2014 and 2013, generated a 5.8 percent increase in TRASM
Florida TRASM remained flat despite 36% growth in capacity
 
 
 
Three months ended June 30,
 
 
Six months ended June 30,
 
 
 
2014
2013
Change
 
2014
2013
Change
Scheduled Service:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average fare - scheduled service
 

$89.63


$88.00

1.9
 %
 

$94.50


$92.73

1.9
 %
Average fare - ancillary air-related charges
 

$40.65


$40.73

(0.2
)%
 

$41.21


$41.18

0.1
 %
Average fare - ancillary third party products
 

$4.58


$5.52

(17.0
)%
 

$4.88


$5.66

(13.8
)%
Average fare - total
 

$134.86


$134.25

0.5
 %
 

$140.59


$139.57

0.7
 %
Scheduled service passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) (cents)
 
8.45

7.94

6.4
 %
 
8.60

8.27

4.0
 %
Total scheduled service revenue per ASM (TRASM) (cents)
 
12.71

12.11

5.0
 %
 
12.79

12.45

2.7
 %
Load factor
 
89.5
%
89.5
%
0pp

 
88.9
%
89.7
%
-0.8pp

Passengers (millions)
 
2.1

1.9

12.4
 %
 
4.2

3.7

11.6
 %
Average passengers per departure
 
149

148

0.7
 %
 
148

148

 %
Average scheduled service stage length (miles)
 
924

957

(3.4
)%
 
950

967

(1.8
)%
 ASMs = available seat miles
PRASM = scheduled passenger revenue per scheduled available seat mile
TRASM = (scheduled passenger revenue + ancillary air revenue + ancillary third party revenue) per scheduled available seat mile

Third party products performance
 
Car rental net revenue increased 7.3 percent primarily driven by growth in our Florida destinations
Hotel room night production continues to be impacted by declines in performance in the Las Vegas market. The company’s prior pre-purchase agreement for discounted rooms in Las Vegas concluded in the third quarter 2013 and the rates under a new pre-purchase room agreement with the same gaming company are not as attractive due to the improved Las Vegas hotel market


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Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
Supplemental Ancillary Revenue Information Unaudited
 
2014
2013
Change

 
2014
2013
Change
Gross ancillary revenue - third party products (millions)
 

$32.4


$33.9

(4.4
)%
 

$68.1


$68.2

(0.1
)%
Cost of goods sold (millions)
 

($22.2
)

($23.1
)
(3.9
)%
 

($46.8
)

($46.1
)
1.5
 %
Transaction costs* (millions)
 

($0.5
)

($0.4
)
25.0
 %
 

($1.0
)

($1.1
)
(9.1
)%
Ancillary revenue - third party products (millions)
 

$9.7


$10.4

(6.7
)%
 

$20.3


$21.1

(3.8
)%
As percent of gross
 
29.8
%
30.6
%
(0.8)pp

 
29.8
%
30.9
%
(1.1)pp

  As percent of income before taxes
 
18.2
%
25.3
%
(7.1)pp

 
18.9
%
23.1
%
(4.2)pp

Ancillary revenue - third party products/scheduled passenger
 

$4.58


$5.52

(17.0
)%
 

$4.88


$5.66

(13.8
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hotel room nights (thousands)
 
136.5

170.1

(19.8
)%
 
280.2

326.5

(14.2
)%
Rental car days (thousands)
 
245.0

238.8

2.6
 %
 
526.3

488.9

7.6
 %
* - Includes payment expenses and travel agency commissions.


Second quarter 2014 cost performance
 
Total operating expense per ASM (CASM) increased 2.5 percent year over year
CASM ex fuel was impacted by approximately $3.4 million of nonrecurring expenses in the form of aircraft sub-service, crew training and passenger displacement costs related to training and crew availability delays
Fuel expense per ASM increased only 0.2 percent despite a 2.9 percent increase in average cost per gallon. Our fuel efficiency metrics continued to improve as gallons per passenger declined 6.8 percent and ASMs per gallon increased by 2.5 percent
Salaries and benefits expense increased 19.3 percent versus last year primarily due to a 16.8 percent increase in the number of full time equivalent employees and $1.2 million in costs associated with an inflight "early out program". Headcount growth was mostly attributable to an increase in flight crews required to support a 5.3 percent year over year increase in average number of aircraft in service and flight operations and maintenance staff to support this growth
Sales and marketing expense increased 23.1 percent from the prior year due to higher credit card fees driven by a 12.9 percent increase attributable to higher scheduled service revenue, and marketing support to launch new routes
Depreciation and amortization expense increased 10.4 percent due to fleet growth and partial period depreciation expense related to twelve owned A319 aircraft currently on lease to a European carrier

 
 
Three months ended June 30,
 
 
Six months ended June 30,
 
 
 
2014
2013
Change
 
2014
2013
Change
Total System*:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expense per passenger
 

$109.22


$111.60

(2.1)%
 

$113.69


$114.44

(0.7)%
Operating expense per passenger, excluding fuel
 

$60.47


$60.74

(0.4)%
 

$63.07


$60.18

4.8%
Operating expense per ASM (CASM) (cents)
 
10.23

9.98

2.5%
 
10.26

10.09

1.7%
Operating expense, excluding fuel per ASM (CASM ex fuel) (cents)
 
5.66

5.43

4.2%
 
5.69

5.31

7.2%
Average block hours per aircraft per day
 
5.6

5.5

1.8%
 
5.8

5.7

1.8%
Average system stage length (miles)
 
912

940

(3.0)%
 
936

948

(1.3)%
* - Total system includes scheduled service, fixed-fee contract and non-revenue flying.

Third quarter 2014 cost trends
 
CASM is expected to increase between three and five percent. This guidance assumes an average fuel cost per gallon of $3.17, same as second quarter


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CASM ex fuel is expected to increase between 8.5 and 10.5 percent
We expect higher depreciation and amortization expense due to 12 owned aircraft currently on lease. These aircraft are not ASM producing however will be depreciated as if they were being operated in our scheduled service fleet. See table below for impact of non-ASM producing depreciation guidance. On a full year basis, the company expects depreciation and amortization expense between $110 and $115 thousand per in-service aircraft per month

Balance sheet highlights

Prepaid $121.1 million, 5.75% term loan facility
Raised $300 million, 5.50% senior unsecured notes, corporate rating of BB- by Standard & Poor's and Ba3 by Moody's
Assumed $142 million in debt secured by 12 A319 aircraft currently on lease to a European operator
Raised $85.3 million through two transactions, collateralized by 53 MD-80s and six 757 aircraft
2014 CAPEX is now expected to be between $390 and $400 million driven by the purchase of 12 A319 aircraft on lease to a European carrier, two A320 aircraft expected to be purchased at the end of 2014, and two A319s currently operated by the company under operating lease
The company has $68 million of share repurchase authority remaining

Unaudited (millions)
 
6/30/2014

 
12/31/2013

 
Change

Unrestricted cash*
 

$548.2

 

$387.1

 
41.6
%
Total debt
 

$619.4

 

$234.3

 
164.4
%
Total Allegiant Travel Company stockholders’ equity
 

$376.7

 

$375.7

 
0.3
%

 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
Unaudited (millions)
 
2014
 
2013
 
Change

Capital expenditures
 
$257.0
 
$77.0
 
233.8
%
* - Unrestricted cash includes investments in marketable securities.
 
At this time, Allegiant Travel Company provides the following guidance to investors, subject to revision.



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Guidance, subject to revision
 
 
 
 
 
 
July 2014
3Q14
 
Estimated PRASM year-over-year change
2 to 4%
0 to 2%
 
Estimated TRASM year-over-year change
2 to 4%
0 to 2%
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed fee and other revenue guidance
 
3Q14
 
Fixed fee and other revenue (millions)
 
$10 to $12
 
 
 
 
 
Capacity guidance
 
 
 
System
3Q14
4Q14
FY14
   Departure year-over-year growth
10 to 14%
9 to 13%
 
   ASM year-over-year growth
9 to 13%
8 to 12%
9 to 13%
Scheduled
 
 
 
   Departure year-over-year growth
10 to 14%
9 to 13%
 
   ASM year-over-year growth
9 to 13%
8 to 12%
9 to 13%
 
 
 
 
Cost guidance
3Q14
 
FY14
CASM ex fuel – year-over-year change
8.5 to 10.5%
 
6.5 to 8.5%
CASM - year over year change *
3 to 5%
 
1 to 3%
 
 
 
 
CAPEX guidance
 
FY14
FY15
Capital expenditures (millions)
 
$390 to $400
$160 to $170
 CASM ex fuel – cost per available seat mile excluding fuel expense
* - Assumed system fuel price of $3.17 per gallon

Financial detail of 12 A319 transaction

On June 13, 2014, the company announced the purchase of twelve A319 aircraft currently leased to a European low cost carrier. The table below shows the financial impact to the company as well as the estimated incremental impact on CASM ex fuel for both the third quarter, and full year of 2014

Operating income impact
3Q14
 
FY14
Estimated lease revenue received (millions) *
$7.7
 
$18.1
Estimated depreciation expense (millions)
2.8
 
6.5
Estimated impact to operating income (millions)
$4.9
 
$11.6
CASM ex fuel impact - year over year
 
 
 
Impact of depreciation from aircraft transaction
+2pp
 
+1pp
Current CASM ex fuel guidance
8.5 to 10.5%
 
6.5 to 8.5%
* - Lease revenue will appear as other revenue in operating revenue

Aircraft fleet plan by end of period
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aircraft - (seats per AC)
 
3Q14

 
YE14

YE15

YE16

MD-80 (166 seats)
 
53

 
53

53

53

757 (215 seats)
 
6

 
6

6

6

A319 (156 seats)
 
3

 
4

9

10

A320 (177 seats)
 
7

 
7

10

10

Total
 
69

 
70

78

79



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Aircraft listed in table above include only in service aircraft

 
Allegiant Travel Company will host a conference call with analysts at 4:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, July 23, 2014 to discuss its second quarter 2014 financial results. A live broadcast of the conference call will be available via the Company’s Investor Relations website homepage at http://ir.allegiant.com. The webcast will also be archived in the “Events & Presentations” section of the website.




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Allegiant, Travel is our deal.®
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Company® (NASDAQ: ALGT) is focused on linking travelers in small cities to world-class leisure destinations. Through its subsidiary, Allegiant Air, the company operates a low-cost, high-efficiency, all-jet passenger airline, and offers other travel-related products such as hotel rooms, rental cars, and attraction tickets through its website, allegiant.com. The company has been named one of America’s 100 Best Small Companies by Forbes Magazine for four consecutive years.  ALGT/G
 
Media Inquiries: Jessica Wheeler
mediarelations@allegiantair.com
 
Investor Inquiries: Chris Allen
ir@allegiantair.com
 
Under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are only estimates or predictions based on our management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements include our statements regarding future unit revenue, future operating expense, ASM growth, departure growth, fixed-fee and other revenues, expected capital expenditures, number of contracted aircraft to be placed in service in the future, as well as other information concerning future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities, the effects of future regulation and the effects of competition. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as the words "believe," "expect," “guidance,” "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate", “project”, “hope” or similar expressions.
 
Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Important risk factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements generally may be found in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov . These risk factors include, without limitation, volatility of fuel costs, labor issues, the effect of the economic conditions on leisure travel, debt covenants, terrorist attacks, risks inherent to airlines, our introduction of an additional aircraft type, demand for air services to our leisure destinations from the markets served by us, our dependence on our leisure destination markets, our competitive environment, an accident involving or problems with our aircraft, our reliance on our automated systems, our reliance on third parties who provide facilities or services to us, the possible loss of key personnel, economic and other conditions in markets in which we operate, aging aircraft and other governmental regulation, increases in maintenance costs and cyclical and seasonal fluctuations in our operating results.
 
Any forward-looking statements are based on information available to us today and we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise.
 
Detailed financial information follows:





Allegiant Travel Company
Consolidated Statements of Income
Three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three months ended June 30,
 
Percent
 
2014
 
2013
 
change
OPERATING REVENUE:
 
 
 
 
 
Scheduled service revenue

$189,172

 

$165,301

 
14.4

Ancillary revenue:


 


 
 

Air-related charges
85,781

 
76,514

 
12.1

Third party products
9,657

 
10,370

 
(6.9
)
Total ancillary revenue
95,438

 
86,884

 
9.8

Fixed fee contract revenue
2,963

 
3,095

 
(4.3
)
Other revenue
2,968

 
566

 
424.4

Total operating revenue
290,541

 
255,846

 
13.6

OPERATING EXPENSES:
 
 
 
 
 

Aircraft fuel
104,495

 
97,076

 
7.6

Salary and benefits
47,297

 
39,654

 
19.3

Station operations
20,157

 
20,211

 
(0.3
)
Maintenance and repairs
21,427

 
20,335

 
5.4

Sales and marketing
6,653

 
5,405

 
23.1

Aircraft lease rentals
1,903

 
1,365

 
39.4

Depreciation and amortization
19,750

 
17,892

 
10.4

Other
12,446

 
11,052

 
12.6

Total operating expenses
234,128

 
212,990

 
9.9

OPERATING INCOME
56,413

 
42,856

 
31.6

As a percent of total operating revenue
19.4
%
 
16.8
%
 
 

OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
 
 
 
 
 

Earnings from unconsolidated affiliates, net
(75
)
 
(132
)
 
(43.2
)
Interest income
(234
)
 
(216
)
 
8.3

Interest expense
3,591

 
2,294

 
56.5

Total other (income) expense
3,282

 
1,946

 
68.7

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
53,131

 
40,910

 
29.9

As a percent of total operating revenue
18.3
%
 
16.0
%
 
 

PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
19,764

 
15,223

 
29.8

NET INCOME
33,367

 
25,687

 
29.9

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
(132
)
 
(73
)
 
80.8

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ALLEGIANT TRAVEL COMPANY
33,499

 
25,760

 
30.0

Earnings per share to common stockholders (1):
 
 
 
 
 

Basic

$1.87

 

$1.35

 
38.5

Diluted

$1.86

 

$1.34

 
38.8

Weighted average shares outstanding used in computing earnings per share to common stockholders (1):
 
 
 
 
 

Basic
17,777

 
18,921

 
(6.0
)
Diluted
17,865

 
19,041

 
(6.2
)
 
(1) The Company's unvested restricted stock awards are considered participating securities as they receive non-forfeitable rights to cash dividends at the same rate as common stock. The Basic and Diluted earnings per share for the periods presented reflect the two-class method mandated by accounting guidance for the calculation of earnings per share. The two-class method adjusts both the net income and shares used in the calculation. Application of the two-class method did not have a significant impact on the Basic and Diluted earnings per share for the periods presented.




Allegiant Travel Company
Operating Statistics
Three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited) 
 
Three months ended June 30,
 
Percent
 
2014
 
2013
 
change*
OPERATING STATISTICS
 
 
 
 
 
Total system statistics
 
 
 
 
 
Passengers
2,143,662

 
1,908,472

 
12.3

Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) (thousands)
2,030,638

 
1,889,416

 
7.5

Available seat miles (ASMs) (thousands)
2,289,201

 
2,134,660

 
7.2

Load factor
88.7
%
 
88.5
%
 
0.2

Operating revenue per ASM (RASM) (cents)
12.69

 
11.99

 
5.8

Operating expense per ASM (CASM) (cents)
10.23

 
9.98

 
2.5

Fuel expense per ASM (cents)
4.56

 
4.55

 
0.2

Operating CASM, excluding fuel (cents)
5.66

 
5.43

 
4.2

Operating expense per passenger

$109.22

 

$111.60

 
(2.1
)
Fuel expense per passenger

$48.75

 

$50.87

 
(4.2
)
Operating expense per passenger, excluding fuel

$60.47

 

$60.74

 
(0.4
)
ASMs per gallon of fuel
69.5

 
67.8

 
2.5

Departures
14,675

 
13,275

 
10.5

Block hours
34,466

 
32,639

 
5.6

Average stage length (miles)
912

 
940

 
(3.0
)
Average number of operating aircraft during period
68.0

 
64.6

 
5.3

Average block hours per aircraft per day
5.6

 
5.5

 
1.8

Full-time equivalent employees at period end
2,241

 
1,919

 
16.8

Fuel gallons consumed (thousands)
32,944

 
31,468

 
4.7

Average fuel cost per gallon

$3.17

 

$3.08

 
2.9

Scheduled service statistics
 
 
 
 
 
Passengers
2,110,481

 
1,878,474

 
12.4

Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) (thousands)
2,002,546

 
1,864,135

 
7.4

Available seat miles (ASMs) (thousands)
2,238,546

 
2,082,586

 
7.5

Load factor
89.5
%
 
89.5
%
 

Departures
14,157

 
12,702

 
11.5

Average passengers per departure
149

 
148

 
0.7

Scheduled service seats per departure
168.8

 
168.6

 
0.1

Block hours
33,577

 
31,617

 
6.2

Yield (cents)
9.45

 
8.87

 
6.5

Scheduled service revenue per ASM (PRASM) (cents)
8.45

 
7.94

 
6.4

Total ancillary revenue per ASM (cents)
4.26

 
4.17

 
2.2

Total scheduled service revenue per ASM (TRASM) (cents)
12.71

 
12.11

 
5.0

Average fare - scheduled service

$89.63

 

$88.00

 
1.9

Average fare - ancillary air-related charges

$40.65

 

$40.73

 
(0.2
)
Average fare - ancillary third party products

$4.58

 

$5.52

 
(17.0
)
Average fare - total

$134.86

 

$134.25

 
0.5

Average stage length (miles)
924

 
957

 
(3.4
)
Fuel gallons consumed (thousands)
32,159

 
30,607

 
5.1

Average fuel cost per gallon

$3.20

 

$3.12

 
2.6

Percent of sales through website during period
93.2
%
 
93.1
%
 
0.1

 
* Except load factor and percent of sales through website, which is percentage point change.




Allegiant Travel Company
Consolidated Statements of Income
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Six months ended June 30,
 
Percent
 
2014
 
2013
 
change
OPERATING REVENUE:
 
 
 
 
 
Scheduled service revenue

$392,693

 

$345,234

 
13.7

Ancillary revenue:
 
 
 
 
 

Air-related charges
171,235

 
153,327

 
11.7

Third party products
20,287

 
21,087

 
(3.8
)
Total ancillary revenue
191,522

 
174,414

 
9.8

Fixed fee contract revenue
5,610

 
8,282

 
(32.3
)
Other revenue
3,241

 
875

 
270.4

Total operating revenue
593,066

 
528,805

 
12.2

OPERATING EXPENSES:
 
 
 
 
 

Aircraft fuel
213,444

 
205,567

 
3.8

Salary and benefits
93,736

 
80,816

 
16.0

Station operations
42,390

 
39,556

 
7.2

Maintenance and repairs
42,028

 
38,463

 
9.3

Sales and marketing
14,461

 
11,213

 
29.0

Aircraft lease rentals
11,332

 
1,668

 
579.4

Depreciation and amortization
38,181

 
34,784

 
9.8

Other
23,808

 
21,515

 
10.7

Total operating expenses
479,380

 
433,582

 
10.6

OPERATING INCOME
113,686

 
95,223

 
19.4

As a percent of total operating revenue
19.2
%
 
18.0
%
 
 

OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
 
 
 
 
 

Earnings from unconsolidated affiliates, net
(71
)
 
(170
)
 
(58.2
)
Interest income
(439
)
 
(478
)
 
(8.2
)
Interest expense
6,720

 
4,482

 
49.9

Total other (income) expense
6,210

 
3,834

 
62.0

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
107,476

 
91,389

 
17.6

As a percent of total operating revenue
18.1
%
 
17.3
%
 
 

PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
40,034

 
33,871

 
18.2

NET INCOME
67,442

 
57,518

 
17.3

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
(278
)
 
(174
)
 
59.8

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ALLEGIANT TRAVEL COMPANY
67,720

 
57,692

 
17.4

Earnings per share to common stockholders (1):
 
 
 
 
 

Basic

$3.74

 

$3.01

 
24.3

Diluted

$3.72

 

$3.00

 
24.0

Weighted average shares outstanding used in computing earnings per share to common stockholders (1):
 
 
 
 
 

Basic
17,971

 
19,001

 
(5.4
)
Diluted
18,055

 
19,119

 
(5.6
)

(1) The Company's unvested restricted stock awards are considered participating securities as they receive non-forfeitable rights to cash dividends at the same rate as common stock. The Basic and Diluted earnings per share for the periods presented reflect the two-class method mandated by accounting guidance for the calculation of earnings per share. The two-class method adjusts both the net income and shares used in the calculation. Application of the two-class method did not have a significant impact on the Basic and Diluted earnings per share for the periods presented.




Allegiant Travel Company
Operating Statistics
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited) 
 
Six months ended June 30,
 
Percent
 
2014
 
2013
 
change*
OPERATING STATISTICS
 
 
 
 
 
Total system statistics
 
 
 
 
 
Passengers
4,216,382

 
3,788,813

 
11.3

Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) (thousands)
4,112,138

 
3,797,491

 
8.3

Available seat miles (ASMs) (thousands)
4,670,340

 
4,297,805

 
8.7

Load factor
88.0
%
 
88.4
%
 
(0.4
)
Operating revenue per ASM (RASM) (cents)
12.70

 
12.30

 
3.3

Operating expense per ASM (CASM) (cents)
10.26

 
10.09

 
1.7

Fuel expense per ASM (cents)
4.57

 
4.78

 
(4.4
)
Operating CASM, excluding fuel (cents)
5.69

 
5.31

 
7.2

Operating expense per passenger

$113.69

 

$114.44

 
(0.7
)
Fuel expense per passenger

$50.62

 

$54.26

 
(6.7
)
Operating expense per passenger, excluding fuel

$63.07

 

$60.18

 
4.8

ASMs per gallon of fuel
69.8

 
67.5

 
3.4

Departures
29,176

 
26,529

 
10.0

Block hours
70,814

 
66,423

 
6.6

Average stage length (miles)
936

 
948

 
(1.3
)
Average number of operating aircraft during period
68.0

 
64.0

 
6.3

Average block hours per aircraft per day
5.8

 
5.7

 
1.8

Full-time equivalent employees at period end
2,241

 
1,919

 
16.8

Fuel gallons consumed (thousands)
66,945

 
63,628

 
5.2

Average fuel cost per gallon

$3.19

 

$3.23

 
(1.2
)
Scheduled service statistics
 
 
 
 
 
Passengers
4,155,509

 
3,723,132

 
11.6

Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) (thousands)
4,061,734

 
3,743,163

 
8.5

Available seat miles (ASMs) (thousands)
4,566,481

 
4,174,037

 
9.4

Load factor
88.9
%
 
89.7
%
 
(0.8
)
Departures
28,092

 
25,200

 
11.5

Average passengers per departure
148

 
148

 

Scheduled service seats per departure
168.6

 
168.2

 
0.2

Block hours
68,962

 
64,017

 
7.7

Yield (cents)
9.67

 
9.22

 
4.9

Scheduled service revenue per ASM (PRASM) (cents)
8.60

 
8.27

 
4.0

Total ancillary revenue per ASM (cents)
4.19

 
4.18

 
0.2

Total scheduled service revenue per ASM (TRASM) (cents)
12.79

 
12.45

 
2.7

Average fare - scheduled service

$94.50

 

$92.73

 
1.9

Average fare - ancillary air-related charges

$41.21

 

$41.18

 
0.1

Average fare - ancillary third party products

$4.88

 

$5.66

 
(13.8
)
Average fare - total

$140.59

 

$139.57

 
0.7

Average stage length (miles)
950

 
967

 
(1.8
)
Fuel gallons consumed (thousands)
65,366

 
61,633

 
6.1

Average fuel cost per gallon

$3.22

 

$3.27

 
(1.5
)
Percent of sales through website during period
93.7
%
 
93.7
%
 

 
* Except load factor and percent of sales through website, which is percentage point change.







Allegiant Travel Company
Non-GAAP Presentations
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited)
 
"EBITDA" represents earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDAR is EBITDA less aircraft lease rentals expense. Neither EBITDA nor EBITDAR is a calculation based on generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered as an alternative to net income or operating income as indicators of our financial performance or to cash flow as a measure of liquidity. EBITDA and EBITDAR are included as supplemental disclosures because we believe they are useful indicators of our operating performance. Further, both EBITDA and EBITDAR are well-recognized performance measurements that are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in comparing the operating performance of companies. We believe EBITDA and EBITDAR are useful in evaluating our operating performance compared to our competitors because their calculation generally eliminates the effects of financing and income taxes and the accounting effects of capital spending and acquisitions and lease versus purchase decisions, which items may vary between periods and for different companies for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance. The following represents the reconciliation of EBITDA and EBITDAR to net income for the periods indicated below.
 
The SEC has adopted rules (Regulation G) regulating the use of non-GAAP financial measures. Because of our use of the non-GAAP financial measures EBITDA and EBITDAR to supplement our consolidated financial statements presented on a GAAP basis, Regulation G requires us to include in this press release a presentation of the most directly comparable GAAP measure, which is net income, and a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measure.  Our utilization of non-GAAP measurements is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income or other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Neither EBITDA nor EBITDAR is a GAAP measurement and our use of these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies in the airline and travel industry. The reconciliations to GAAP net income follow.
 
 
 
Three months ended June 30,
 
Percent
(in thousands)
 
2014
 
2013
 
change
Net income attributable to Allegiant Travel Company
 
$
33,499

 
$
25,760

 
30.0
%
Plus (minus)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
 
(234
)
 
(216
)
 
8.3
%
Interest expense
 
3,591

 
2,294

 
56.5
%
Provision for income taxes
 
19,764

 
15,223

 
29.8
%
Depreciation and amortization
 
19,750

 
17,892

 
10.4
%
EBITDA
 

$76,370

 

$60,953

 
25.3
%
Aircraft lease rentals
 
1,903

 
1,365

 
39.4
%
EBITDAR
 

$78,273

 

$62,318

 
25.6
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue
 

$290,541

 

$255,846

 
13.6
%
EBITDA margin
 
26.3
%
 
23.8
%
 
2.5 pp

EBITDAR margin
 
26.9
%
 
24.4
%
 
2.5 pp





 
 
Six months ended June 30,
 
Percent
(in thousands)
 
2014
 
2013
 
change
Net income attributable to Allegiant Travel Company
 
$
67,720

 
$
57,692

 
17.4
 %
Plus (minus)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
 
(439
)
 
(478
)
 
(8.2
)%
Interest expense
 
6,720

 
4,482

 
49.9
 %
Provision for income taxes
 
40,034

 
33,871

 
18.2
 %
Depreciation and amortization
 
38,181

 
34,784

 
9.8
 %
EBITDA
 

$152,216

 

$130,351

 
16.8
 %
Aircraft lease rentals
 
11,332

 
1,668

 
579.4
 %
EBITDAR
 

$163,548

 

$132,019

 
23.9
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue
 

$593,066

 

$528,805

 
12.2
 %
EBITDA margin
 
25.7
%
 
24.7
%
 
1.0 pp

EBITDAR margin
 
27.6
%
 
25.0
%
 
2.6 pp







Appendix A
Additional Financial Information
(Unaudited)
 
Twelve Months Ended June 30,
Return on capital calculation (millions)
2014
 
2013
Net income attributable to Allegiant Travel Company
$
102.3

 
$
89.4

Income tax
61.1

 
52.6

Interest expense
11.7

 
8.9

Less interest income
(1.0
)
 
(1.0
)
 
174.1

 
149.9

 
 
 
 
Interest income
1.0

 
1.0

Tax rate
37.4
%
 
37.0
%
Numerator
109.6

 
95.1

 
 
 
 
Total assets as of prior June 30
862.6

 
820.7

Less current liabilities as of prior June 30
247.5

 
234.0

Plus short term debt as of prior June 30
12.0

 
11.4

Denominator
627.1

 
598.1

Return on capital employed
17.5
%
 
15.9
%

To provide more transparency into operating expenses for the quarter, the company experienced the following non-cash expense items in the second quarter of 2014.

Non-cash items (millions)
2Q14

 
2Q13

   Stock based compensation

$2.3

 

$2.9

   Loss - disposed assets
1.4

 
1.6

Total of selected non-cash items

$3.7

 

$4.5



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