Spirit Airlines expands in Detroit; adds four routes in Myrtle Beach

Spirit Airlines inaugurated services on a total of five routes last week, all of which were launched on 14 February except for the Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR) to Niagara Falls, NY (IAG) service, which commenced a day later. Spirit Airlines faces competition on two of the newly launched routes, both of which involve Detroit, MI (DEN).

Origin	Destination	WF*	A/c	Competition
Detroit, MI (DTW)	Denver, CO (DEN)	5	A320	Delta (21) United (14) Southwest Airlines (13) Frontier (6)
Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR)	Chicago O’Hare, IL (ORD)	7	A319
	Detroit, MI (DTW)	7	A319	Delta (7)
	Latrobe, PA (LBE)	3	A319
	Niagara Falls, NY (IAG)	2	A319
Source: Innovata w/c 4 March 2013. *WF: Weekly Frequencies at launch.