Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood) has announced several new routes starting just in time for the peak summer travel season. Joining the list is new nonstop seasonal service between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) and Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW). This new service will consist of one daily seasonal nonstop flight operating between May 22, 2014 and November 1, 2014.
Spirit recently announced seasonal service operating May 22, 2014 through November 1, 2014 from Chicago/O’Hare (ORD) to Baltimore/Washington, DC (BWI) and Portland, OR (PDX); operating May 1, 2014 through November 1, 2014 from Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) to Baltimore/Washington, DC (BWI) and Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH); and daily year-round nonstop service between Chicago/O’Hare and Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area beginning May 1, 2014.
Schedules:
| Spirit’s Chicago/O’Hare (ORD) – Baltimore/Washington (BWI) service May 22, 2014 – November 1, 2014: | |||||
| Depart | Arrive | Flight # | Stops | Frequency | |
| Chicago/O’Hare – Baltimore/Washington | 8:00 AM | 10:50 AM | 368 | 0 | Daily |
| Baltimore – Chicago/O’Hare | 8:55 PM | 9:56 PM | 369 | 0 | Daily |
| Spirit’s Chicago/O’Hare (ORD) – Portland, OR (PDX) service May 22, 2014 – November 1, 2014: | ||||||
| Depart | Arrive | Flight # | Stops | Frequency | ||
| Chicago/O’Hare – Portland | 8:45 PM | 11:25 PM | 655 | 0 | Daily | |
| Portland – Chicago/O’Hare | 12:10 AM | 6:00 AM | 654* | 0 | Daily | |
| * = Effective May 23, 2014 | ||||||
| Spirit’s Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) – Houston (IAH) service May 1, 2014 – November 1, 2014: | |||||
| Depart | Arrive | Flight # | Stops | Frequency | |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul – Houston | 6:56 PM | 9:49 PM | 281** | 0 | Daily |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul – Houston | 8:16 PM | 11:08 PM | 281*** | 0 | Daily |
| Houston – Minneapolis-St. Paul | 6:00 AM | 8:44 AM | 346** | 0 | Daily |
| Houston – Minneapolis-St. Paul | 7:00 AM | 9:44 AM | 346*** | 0 | Daily |
| Spirit’s Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) – Baltimore/Washington (BWI) service May 1, 2014 – November 1, 2014: | |||||
| Depart | Arrive | Flight # | Stops | Frequency | |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul – Baltimore/Washington | 9:27 AM | 12:57 PM | 106** | 0 | Daily |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul – Baltimore/Washington | 4:45 PM | 8:15 PM | 106*** | 0 | Daily |
| Baltimore – Minneapolis-St. Paul | 12:05 PM | 1:47 PM | 105*** | 0 | Daily |
| Baltimore – Minneapolis-St. Paul | 1:36 PM | 3:19 PM | 105** | 0 | Daily |
| ** = Effective May 1, 2014 – May 21, 2014 only | |||||
| *** = Effective May 22, 2014 | |||||
| Spirit’s Oakland (OAK) – Chicago/O’Hare (ORD) service beginning May 1, 2014: | |||||
| Depart | Arrive | Flight # | Stops | Frequency | |
| Oakland – Chicago/O’Hare | 9:10 AM | 3:18 PM | 872 | 0 | Daily |
| Chicago/O’Hare – Oakland | 3:20 PM | 5:55 PM | 209 | 0 | Daily |
Copyright Photo: Tony Storck/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-232 N618NK (msn 5458) taxies to runway 9L at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). The new logo jet is part of Spirit’s new advertising program to enhance revenues. N618NK is a partnership ad that promotes Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). The pictured left side has “Greetings from Dallas” showing scenes from Dallas. The other side has “Greetings from Fort Worth”.
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