Dayton Daily News

Allegiant adds nonstop service

- KARA DRISCOLL KARA DRISCOLL

Allegiant is adding nonstop service from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Internatio­nal Airport to two new destinatio­ns.

The low-cost carrier will now fly to Charleston, South Carolina and Sarasota, Fla. Flights from Cincinnati to Sarasota-Bradenton Internatio­nal Airport begin on April 13 with one-way fares as low as $48. Flights to Charleston Internatio­nal Airport begin April 5 with one-way fares as low as $48.

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

”Allegiant’s passenger traffic grew more than 20 percent in 2017, and we look forward to that trend continuing in 2018 with the addition of Charleston and Sarasota to its network at CVG,” said Candace McGraw, chief executive officer of CVG. “Allegiant will now serve 21 different destinatio­ns from CVG, and we’re delighted that local travelers will now have nonstop flight options to these popular vacation spots.”

Allegiant also serves the Columbus and Dayton airports. On Monday, United Airlines announced it will add a route from Dayton Internatio­nal Airport to Houston, Texas. compared with the expected range of 0 to 2 percent. Target now expects 2017 will be the fourth consecutiv­e year in which its digital sales grow more than 25 percent.

“As we look ahead to 2018, we will build on the foundation we establishe­d this year by launching additional exclusive brands, enhancing our digital capabiliti­es, opening approximat­ely 30 small-format stores and tripling the size of our remodel program to more than 325 stores,” the company announced this week.

The retailer is also focused on “rapidly” scaling up new fulfillmen­t options including same day delivery, which will be enabled by Target’s acquisitio­n of Shipt.

“We’ve positioned our stores at the center of a continuall­y expanding suite of convenient fulfillmen­t options and made significan­t investment­s in our team, which enabled our stores to fulfill 70 percent of all digital orders in the November/December period,” said Brian Cornell, chairman and chief executive officer of Target.

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