Overview
- JetBlue, Breeze, Frontier and Allegiant are adding flights to capture routes and customers left by Spirit’s shutdown.
- JetBlue plans 11 new destinations from Fort Lauderdale, offers a status match for Spirit elites, and had $99 rescue fares for stranded travelers.
- Frontier will restart Las Vegas–Kansas City and Orlando–Memphis and boost capacity on 13 former Spirit routes, including several tied to Orlando.
- Breeze is moving into Atlantic City with new flights to Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, stepping into an airport Spirit once dominated.
- Business Insider reports that 17 routes lost all service after Spirit’s exit and that monopolized routes jumped from eight to 63.