Santi319 From Puerto Rico, joined Dec 2005, 323 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 7724 times:
I know that NK is adding capacity ( 12 new aircraft next year) and although it is not a reliable source, in wikipedia, the following cities are listed:
Swill start service to Plattsburgh, NY January 14th.
Spirit Airlines will start service to Niagara Falls, NY January 27th.
Spirit Airlines will start service to Latrobe, PA February 12th.
Spirit Airlines will start service to Charleston, WV March 3rd.
Spirit Airlines will resume service to Dallas/Fort Worth May 5th.
pirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines will start service to Mexico City June 13th.
Spirit Airlines will start service to Queretaro, Mexico June 25th
Spirit Airlines will start service to Monterrey, Mexico June 25th
Spirit Airlines will start service to Denver, CO June 25th.
Spirit Airlines will start service to San Francisco, CA Aug.
Spirit Airlines will start service to New Orleans, LA Aug 22nd.
Spirit Airlines will start service to St. Louis, MO Sept 25th.
Spirit Airlines will start service to Seattle, WA Sept 3rd.
thomasphoto60 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 3723 posts, RR: 25 Reply 2, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 7612 times:
wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5526 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 7611 times:
Quoting FWAERJ (Reply 1): NK once served both SFO and DEN, so I wouldn't put it past them.
NK also once served OAK-DTW with MD-80's at one time.
Quoting Santi319 (Thread starter): Spirit Airlines will start service to Seattle, WA Sept 3rd.
Why would NK serve SEA at the end of the tourist season??? Sounds counter-intuitive.
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4537 posts, RR: 28 Reply 4, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 7367 times:
Quoting wedgetail737 (Reply 3): Why would NK serve SEA at the end of the tourist season??? Sounds counter-intuitive.
The end of our Seattle tourist season, but a great time to head south for the winter.
FutureUScapt From United States of America, joined Dec 2008, 761 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 7295 times:
Quoting PlanesNTrains (Reply 4): The end of our Seattle tourist season, but a great time to head south for the winter.
SlcDeltaRUmd11 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2452 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 7292 times:
Interesting if its true. Where would they serve cities like DEN, SFO, SEA, MEX from? DTW or ORD or FLL?
wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5526 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 7022 times:
Quoting PlanesNTrains (Reply 4): The end of our Seattle tourist season, but a great time to head south for the winter.
Seeing is believing...especially since the start date is late summer next year.
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4537 posts, RR: 28 Reply 9, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 6908 times:
OzarkD9S From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4680 posts, RR: 23 Reply 16, posted (2 years 6 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 5729 times:
AUSisAwesome From United States of America, joined Jan 2009, 82 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (2 years 6 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 5543 times:
I could honestly see NK pull off AUS-FLL. As a ULCC, there are many families that would be willing to go with NK instead of WN or B6. Also, with their convenient schedules to Latin America, it makes for very good connection opportunities.
thomasphoto60 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 3723 posts, RR: 25 Reply 19, posted (2 years 6 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 5230 times:
Quoting stlgph (Reply 18): the original list is now gone off of the Wikipedia site.
Lesson,,,,,,,,,,,,,? Treat anything from WIKI with a skeptical eye.
SkyPriorityDTW From United States of America, joined Oct 2010, 187 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (2 years 6 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 5189 times:
Quoting nkops (Reply 13): Hasn't DTW been shrinking??
When the new North Terminal was in the works at DTW, Spirit originally leased 8 gates. When it actually opened in late 2008, they shrunk down to 3. They most definitely made a statement at that time that DTW was far from a priority anymore for them.
Either it was a bogus list, or somebody "inside" released something that shouldnt have been released. Now that we have the list, we will see which one.
flyinryan99 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 1919 posts, RR: 11 Reply 23, posted (2 years 6 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 4748 times:
Quoting SkyPriorityDTW (Reply 20): When the new North Terminal was in the works at DTW, Spirit originally leased 8 gates. When it actually opened in late 2008, they shrunk down to 3. They most definitely made a statement at that time that DTW was far from a priority anymore for them.
I remember that. I thought I read where they wanted to expand to 60 plus flights a day. I remember they flew to places like BOS DEN and OAK. Didn't they want to expand the Caribbean also? Then they moved HQ to Florida and focused more on Fort Lauderdale service.
Santi319 From Puerto Rico, joined Dec 2005, 323 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (2 years 6 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 4575 times:
Quoting nkops (Reply 22): Either it was a bogus list, or somebody "inside" released something that shouldnt have been released. Now that we have the list, we will see which one.
All of them make sense but Queretaro (QRO), it is just 2 hrs from MEX and really nobody flies there, not even AM!!
25 Summa767: I believe that with Spirit's expansion in Colombia in the last few years, and now with more frequencies available (before fully open skies in a couple
26 as739x: Respectfully I have to disagree! California to Florida had always been a very soft market. Spirit didn't do so well with their ULCC cost to DTW when
27 MAH4546: California to Florida is a huge market; especially South Florida-Los Angeles. Spirit does fine on FLL-LAX with four other airlines competing non-stop
28 sxf24: FLL-SEA would never happen. An A319 would struggle...
29 MAH4546: Absolutely not. An A319 will have zero problems doing FLL-SEA, which is easily within its range.
30 sxf24: Yes, but in NK's configuration? Under anything less than ideal conditions?
31 MAH4546: No problem whatsoever, still. FLL-SEA is quite under the A319's maximum range.
32 steeler83: service from LBE includes 4x weekly LBE-MYR 4x weekly LBE-FLL if I'm not mistaken. I think the equipment used will be A320s as I seem to recall the a
33 a330300: NK's 319s seat 145, the 320s seat 182.
34 ASFlyer: I don't see FLL-SEA happening. There's just not a huge market for it unless Spirit is able to secure some cruise contracts and I don't see any of the
36 rojo: Is NK still flying the A321? If no, when did they get rid of the last two?
37 MAH4546: The market has 666 daily passengers and one daily non-stop. Not only is the market quite large, but it is extremely underserved. It is roughly 85% th
38 NASCARAirforce: They aren't starting service to DEN, they are bringing it back after several years - they used to fly DEN-DTW about 6 or so years ago. 587 and 588 ar
39 ASFlyer: I get that you champion MIA and South Florida but I still don't see it happening. The SEA-MIA nonstop has struggled over the years and was almost axe
40 MAH4546: The flight, which operates with an average load factor of 99%, is an all-nighter because that is the only way to get it to Miami in time for connecti
41 Santi319: And if they did FLL - SEA it will most likely be a redeye as well....
42 ASFlyer: Well aware of the loads on this flight. As many here, including yourself, are quick to point out though, high loads don't necessarily equal high prof
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