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Allegiant adding nonstop flights to Arizona from Toledo starting in March

The new route is part of a nine-route expansion across the Allegiant network. Flights are available for as little as $59 for a short time.

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File - In this May 9, 2013, file photo, two Allegiant Air jets taxi at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Federal safety regulators want to fine Allegiant Air more than $715,000, saying the discount airline failed to properly fix an engine that put out hotter-than-normal exhaust fumes. Allegiant says that it followed a procedure approved by the manufacturer and the government. (AP Photo/David Becker, File)

TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledoans will soon be able to fly nonstop to Arizona from Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport.

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority announced Tuesday that nonstop Allegiant flights to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz., will begin March 9, 2022. Allegiant is offering flights as low as $59 for a short time.

The new route is part of a nine-route expansion across the Allegiant network.

“We are thrilled to announce that Allegiant will add Phoenix-Mesa as a direct service route beginning this spring,” said Thomas J. Winston, President and CEO of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. “The Phoenix area is a destination that is already very popular among Northwest Ohio residents, and we are excited to offer a convenient nonstop, low-cost option when flying to the Southwest.”

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