Spirit Airways is increasing its footprint in Boston.
The provider introduced it would add 5 new every day routes from Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) this summer time. This may 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 in opposition to Boston’s busiest carriers — together with JetBlue, American Airways and Delta Air Traces — 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 “Huge Three” — American, Delta and United — however can be a spotlight metropolis for JetBlue.
Hubs dominated by a single provider — equivalent to American in Charlotte and United in Houston — usually see fares skew increased on sure routes with restricted competitors. Nevertheless, Spirit’s routes from Boston may very well be fascinating to observe, on condition that BOS has grow to be the middle of a turf conflict between JetBlue (and Northeast Alliance accomplice American) and Delta for dominance.
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Spirit’s summer time enlargement spree is not over with Boston, although. The provider 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 might convey 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 in style locations throughout the nation,” John Kirby, Spirit’s vice chairman of community planning, mentioned in an announcement.
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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