** U.S.-based carrier Allegiant Travel's ALGT.O shares
rise 1.5% to $88 premarket
** Company says December capacity expected to be up 17%
year-over-year
** "Booking trends following the election continue to
outpace our initial expectations" company says
** Allegiant adds that transaction during Q4 to sell
underutilized CFM engines, resulted in $15 mln gain
** Company expects Q4 total revenue per available seat mile
(TRASM) to be down 1.5% year-over-year
** 2 of 14 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 11
"hold" and 1 "sell"; median PT $75 - LSEG
** As of last close, stock up 5% YTD
(Reporting by Anshuman Tripathy)
((Anshuman.Tripathy@thomsonreuters.com))