Allegiant Air eliminated 220 positions Monday amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mick Akers
Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 and covers sports business and transportation. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
Last month saw 391,712 passengers arrive and depart McCarran airport, down form the 4.6 million passengers seen in May 2019.
After months of preparation, Monday morning saw the largest load to travel on Nevada roads set off from Apex in North Las Vegas.
The new dynamic messaging boards on highways across the Las Vegas Valley have been fully operational only since late March.