The announcement comes just two weeks after SRQ announced another nonstop Allegiant route to Toledo, Ohio. The airline now has 34 nonstop destinations through SRQ.

Beginning in February, Allegiant Air will have a direct flight from SRQ to Rochester, New York. The new route between SRQ and the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport starts Feb.

The airline is billed as a low-budget carrier with nonstop routes to major and mid-major cities − the kind of flights that have spurred significant growth at SRQ in recent years.

It’s part of 19 new flights SRQ announced this year that will bring the airport’s nonstop flight total to 67 routes by next spring. The Chicago service will fly three times a week, and ...

Ultra-low-cost airline Allegiant is expanding its already large Florida ... Allegiant is also offering new routes between Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) and Toledo, Ohio; between Fort ...

CEO Rick Piccolo says this diversification brings in $3.5 million and has allowed the airport to weather downturns and fund future improvements.