Maurice B. Quirin has been a landscape and transportation photographer since 1972. He's a member of the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society and National Railway Historical Society. Mr. Quirin is co-author, with Edward W. Brouder Jr., of Manchester's Airport: Flying Through Time (ISBN 0-9721489-9-X). Mr. Quirin also worked as a freelance editor and anchor for The Wall Street Journal Radio Network and was news director at WBNS radio in Columbus, OH.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Allegiant Starts Nonstop Boeing 757 Las Vegas Service


It was a miserable, rainy Wednesday afternoon, November 16, 2011, when Allegiant Airlines Flight 440 touched down on Runway 4 at Lexington's Blue Grass (LEX) Airport.  The Boeing 757-200Q (N902NV) is the largest commercial aircraft to currently serve LEX, seating 213 passengers.


Allegiant (AAY440) taxis off Runway 4 onto Taxiway Charlie for the brief trip to the terminal ramp after its 3 hour-and-10 minute, 1684-mile trip from McCarran International Airport, home base for highly profitable Allegiant Travel.  


There will be a nearly 4-hour layover in Lexington, as Allegiant's ground crew gets acquainted with the heavy Boeing 757 (serial no. 26964, built in 1992), powered by twin Rolls Royce RB211535 engines.  Lexington ground personnel are accustomed to handling the smaller MD-80 family of aircraft that comprises the bulk of the AAY fleet.

N902NV taxis past the LEX Safety Center with a rain-equipped US Airways ramp agent looking on and a Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet, operated by US Airways Express carrier Air Wisconsin, parked at the terminal waiting to head back to Charlotte.


After the ground crew's training session, N902NV will return to Las Vegas as AAY Flight 441, departing at 7:40 p.m. after a soggy first day in Central Kentucky.  Here's the full release announcing the twice weekly nonstop service.

I'll try to catch this gorgeous aircraft on a sunny day, with some actual light to help the camera!!!
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  1. ChrisNHNovember 16, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    That's a really nice looking 757, Moe! The grey skies actually make the plane look better!

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