As part of a cost cutting measure, Nevada-based Allegiant Airlines announced last week plans to begin weekly flights from Oakland to Bellingham, Washington, beginning February 2, 2009. The airline says it will concurrently drop the San Francisco to Bellingham route it has been operating since June.Allegiant offers point-to-point flights, often connecting smaller cities with larger ones such as Las Vegas, Phoenix and Florida cities Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa-St. Petersburg.