Vegas-Colorado flights added

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Wednesday, June 4, 2003 | 11:12 a.m.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air says it will inaugurate service between Las Vegas and northern Colorado in July.

The airline will use 161-seat twin-engine MD-83 jets for the nonstop round-trip flights to Fort Collins-Loveland Airport beginning July 31. The Allegiant flights will be the only scheduled commercial jet service at that airport.

The airline, which already has flights between McCarran International Airport and Colorado Springs, Colo., and will begin nonstop trips between Las Vegas and Denver in early July, initially will operate Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and Mondays to Fort Collins.

Allegiant is adding its fifth jet to its fleet for the expansion and flights will leave Las Vegas at 5:05 p.m., arriving in Fort Collins at 7:50 p.m. and returning at 8:30 p.m., arriving in Las Vegas at 9:25 p.m.