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Allegiant Air plans 22 new flights and fleet expansion

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air will expand its route system by nearly 9 percent with the addition of 22 new round-trip flights in May and June, the company announced Tuesday.

Once down on its luck, Vegas’ North Strip is coming back

For a decade, north Strip casino operators anticipated a redevelopment of the area that would include new megaresorts and entertainment complexes rivaling projects underway on the boulevard’s southern end.

Rural Nevada seen as growing international tourist draw

The state’s new Global Tourism Summit — the event replacing the annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism — will be Nov. 16-17 in Southern Nevada, an executive with the Nevada Tourism Commission said Tuesday.

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U.S. airlines losing Asia market share

U.S. airlines have lost at least five percentage points of their share of flight bookings from the United States to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia since 2008, due to fierce competition from Gulf carriers, according to data seen by Reuters.

Upgrade of Strip pedestrian bridges months behind schedule

Two decades ago, local leaders took innovative steps to move pedestrian traffic across the Las Vegas Strip at what then was the busiest intersection in town.