Spirit Airways is increasing its footprint in Boston.
The service introduced it can add 5 new day by day routes from Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) this summer season. It will give vacationers an ultra-low-cost choice on flights to Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Price, Houston, Los Angeles and Phoenix. With the 5 new routes, Spirit will fly a complete of 14 nonstop routes from Boston.
In doing so, Spirit will go up towards Boston’s busiest carriers — together with JetBlue, American Airways and Delta Air Strains — on routes to these rivals’ key hubs.
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Charlotte Douglas Worldwide Airport (CLT), Dallas Fort Price Worldwide Airport (DFW) and Phoenix Sky Harbor Worldwide Airport (PHX) are main hubs for American, whereas Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is a significant hub for United Airways. Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) is a hub for not solely every of the “Massive Three” — American, Delta and United — however can also be a spotlight metropolis for JetBlue.
Hubs dominated by a single service — similar to American in Charlotte and United in Houston — typically see fares skew greater on sure routes with restricted competitors. Nevertheless, Spirit’s routes from Boston may very well be attention-grabbing to observe, provided that BOS has grow to be the middle of a turf struggle between JetBlue (and Northeast Alliance associate American) and Delta for dominance.
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Spirit’s summer season growth spree is not over with Boston, although. The service introduced in February that it’ll start working flights from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Worldwide Airport (SJC) in California to LAS, DFW and San Diego Worldwide Airport (SAN) on June 7.
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Nonetheless, Spirit took the chance to tout the extra competitors it will carry to New England’s largest metropolis.
“It is thrilling to develop our service in Boston and supply new nonstop choices to a wide range of fashionable locations throughout the nation,” John Kirby, Spirit’s vp of community planning, stated in a press release.
Here’s a listing of when Spirit will start these new routes:
- BOS to CLT begins June 7.
- BOS to DFW begins June 7.
- BOS to IAH begins Aug. 9.
- BOS to LAX begins July 5.
- BOS to PHX begins Aug. 9.
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