Allegiant Airlines announces new nonstop flight from Louisville to Austin

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Allegiant will soon offer a new nonstop route from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport to Austin, Texas.

The airline announced the new route Tuesday morning. The flights to Austin will operate twice weekly, starting Nov. 18 with fares as low as $39 one way.

"Until today, the Texas capital was one of the largest unserved markets from Louisville. This is another great win for SDF as we continue to see our passenger traffic climb to near record levels," said Dan Mann, Executive Director of the Louisville Regional Airport Authority.

The announcements comes as the airport ads more and more low-fare flights and airlines to its lineup. About a month ago, the hub added flights with Breeze and Spirit Airlines.

SDF officials say with all the additions and the pandemic slowing, they see travel picking back up.

"There's defintiely a lot of pent up travel demand. We were growing at record breaking paces before COVID, and we're really just picking up where we left off. People are more confident about gettting back out there and flying again, said Anthony Gilmer, SDF Director of Marketing and Air Service Development.

SDF says as more low-fare services come to Louisville -- the larger airlines like Delta and United have to compete by offering lower fares -- more destinations and more amenities.

Flight days, times and the lowest fares can be found only at Allegiant.com.

Allegiant now offers 13 non-stop flights out of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.