Spirit Airlines will make Pittsburgh the 61st city in its
network, launching seven routes this spring and summer.
On May 25, the discount airline will launch daily service to
Dallas/Fort Worth and daily seasonal service to Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Thrice-weekly service to Fort Lauderdale begins June 15. Daily
service to Las Vegas and Orlando begins June 22. And on July 13, Spirit will
launch a daily flight from Pittsburgh to Houston Bush Intercontinental and Los
Angeles.
Spirit will be the lone airline flying scheduled service from
Pittsburgh to Myrtle Beach and Los Angeles.
Spirit will compete with United on the Houston route, American
Airlines on the Dallas/Fort Worth route and Southwest on the Las Vegas, Fort
Lauderdale and Orlando routes. Frontier also operates Orlando-Pittsburgh
service.
In addition, Southwest flies Pittsburgh-Houston and
Pittsburgh-Dallas, but Southwest uses Hobby and Love airports, respectively.