Spirit Airlines launches new routes from Dallas/Fort Worth and to Denver

Spirit Airlines, the US ultra-low cost airline, clearly does not shy competition as it launched six new routes in the last week, of which only one – to Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR) – does not face considerable frequencies on competing airlines. Four of the routes are to Denver, CO (DEN) and three are from Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW); homes of United, Frontier and American Airlines. The route between those two airports initially operates daily, but increases to twice-daily from 17 May.

Date	Origin	Destination	WF*	A/c	Competition (WF*)
04-May-12	Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)	Tampa, FL (TPA)	4	A319	American Airlines (47)
03-May-12	Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)	Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR)	3	A319
03-May-12	Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW)	Denver, CO (DEN)	7	A32S	American Airlines (67), Frontier (39), United (31)
03-May-12	Chicago O’Hare, IL (ORD)	Denver, CO (DEN)	7	A320	United (58), American Airlines (35)
03-May-12	Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL)	Denver, CO (DEN)	7	A320	Southwest (14), United (7), Frontier (6)
03-May-12	Las Vegas, NV (LAS)	Denver, CO (DEN)	14	A319	Southwest (60), United (43), Frontier (41)