I didn't go flying as scheduled today due to my instructor wanting to take the day off. I was fine with that and was glad he let me know what was going on. Besides, I had something else in mind as a sweet consolation: another BYU football team charter! BYU plays against the West Virginia University Mountaineers in Morgantown, West Virginia this coming Saturday. And who do you call when BYU needs to fly to some far off state for an away football game? Why, Allegiant Air and one of their Boeing 757-200s of course! And better yet, today's 757 charter was a different airframe compared to the last time. I went straight to class after I photographed this rare visitor to Provo. But it was after class that things got really interesting. Due to some weather up in Salt Lake City, an Alaska-SkyWest flight from (wait for it!) Portland, Oregon of all places ended up diverting to Provo while I was in class and I got to see this flight take off not too long after I got out of class! The airports in both Provo and Ogden are capable of accepting any Salt Lake City-bound flights in the event the airport there closes due to weather. Rather than talk about it some more, here's the link:
Provo (PVU) 11
Preview:
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| Allegiant Air Airbus A319-111 (N302NV) taxiing to the terminal after arriving from Phoenix-Mesa as AAY1029. On the Thursdays, the Allegiant flight from Phoenix runs in the afternoon with a different flight number compared the usual mid-/late-morning flights on all other days. Allegiant currently serves Provo every day of the week except on Tuesdays. |
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| Allegiant Air Boeing 757-204 (N906NV) departing on 13 as AAY4408 for Baltimore (the nearest major airport to Morgantown, WV) with the BYU football team on board. I got front-row seats on the ramp to photograph this one! Airframe arrived earlier in the day as AAY4407 on a ferry flight from Las Vegas. |
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| AAY4408 beginning rotation on 13. This was the sixth and final 757 delivered to Allegiant for their Hawaiian service. Airframe was originally delivered in 1994 as G-BYAP to Britannia Airways and spent it's entire service life in the U.K. until going to Allegiant. Ten years after delivery, the aircraft was transferred to Thomsonfly while under a lease to AerCap in 2004. The aircraft then flew under the Thomson Airways banner after its creation following the merger of Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways. At the end of the lease term, the airframe was ferried to Abu Dhabi for maintenance in 2011 followed by delivery to Allegiant Air in 2012 for use on routes to Hawaii. |
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| This has to be my favorite shot of the aircraft! |
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| As previously mentioned, Allegiant Air ceased flying to Hawaii with their 757s after an unprofitable run there due the airline's business model not really meshing well with the Hawaiian market. |
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| For the time being, the 757s will continue to see use for sports charters and possibly some high-density flights when called upon for regular scheduled service. |
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| Pilatus PC-12/45 (N425EV) taxiing for departure. |
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| Gulfstream Aerospace (G-IV-X) G450 (N450KR) taxiing for departure. |
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| Pilatus PC-12/45 (N260HS) taxiing for departure. |
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| N450KR departing on 31. |
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| SkyWest Airlines (d/b/a Alaska Airlines) Embraer ERJ-170-200LR E-175LR (N182SY) taxiing for departure to complete its flight to Salt Lake City as SKW3482 after spending some time on the ground during a weather diversion to Provo. This flight originated from Portland, Oregon. Cool to see something unusual in Provo but sucks to be the passengers on this diversion! N182SY is one of the newest E-jets delivered to SkyWest to fly for Alaska and fifth airframe to sport the new Alaska Airlines livery. |
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| SKW3482 departing on 31 to complete the journey to Salt Lake City. After seeing this bird off, the weather started to deteriorate again! |
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