Spirit Airlines launches nine routes; Dallas/Fort Worth gets three new services
- Spirit Airlines expanded its network with nine new routes in the course of last week, with most of the new services added on 25 April. Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) saw the most Spirit Airlines routes commence, as daily services to both Oakland, CA (OAK) and Los Angeles, CA (LAX), as well as thrice-weekly flights to Cancún (CUN) were launched. Spirit Airlines faces significant competition from a mix of legacy and low-cost carriers on seven of the routes.
Launch date | Origin | Destination | WF* | A/c | Competition |
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25-Apr-13 | Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI) | Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR) | 7 | A320 | |
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) | Cancún (CUN) | 3 | A319 | American (35) Sun Country (6) |
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Oakland, CA (OAK) | 7 | A32S | |||
Los Angeles, CA (LAX) | 7 | A32S | American (125) Virgin America (21) United (19) |
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Denver, CO (DEN) | Minneapolis/St Paul, MN (MSP) | 7 | A319 | Delta (37) United (32) Frontier (7) United (32) Frontier (7) Southwest (7) |
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Houston, TX (IAH) | Los Angeles, CA (LAX) | 7 | A319 | United (78) American (21) |
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Las Vegas, NV (LAS) | Philadelphia, PA (PHL) | 7 | A320 | US Airways (35) Southwest (7) |
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Baltimore/Washington, MD (BWI) | 7 | A320 | Southwest (27) AirTran (7) |
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26-Apr-13 | Philadelphia, PA (PHL) | Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR) | 7 | A320 | US Airways (12) |
Source: Innovata w/c 6 May 2013. *WF: Weekly Frequencies at launch. |
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