Spirit Airlines To Launch New Routes

Any speculation about Spirit Airlines filing for bankruptcy in the wake of the blocked merger with JetBlue Airways is definitely premature.

Not when you plan to launch new routes. Nine of them, in fact, for this summer.

That doesn’t sound like an airline flirting with bankruptcy.

The low-cost carrier will introduce nine nonstop services out of Boston; Portland, Oregon; Columbus, Ohio; and Salt Lake City. Also, on May 8, the airline will begin flying between Portland and Chicago six times a week to become the first budget airline to service that route.

The other new routes will be offered once daily. They are:

• Boston to/from Detroit and Pittsburgh
• Portland to/from Burbank and San Diego
• Columbus to/from Newark and Boston
• And Salt Lake City to/from San Diego and Fort Lauderdale

The flight from Salt Lake City to Fort Lauderdale is fortuitous, as it will start as soon as JetBlue puts a cease to that route.

Travelers will also be able to fly to San Juan from Houston and New Orleans, along with a list of new domestic flights beginning in May and June.

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