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Spirit Airlines to add nine new cities from Atlanta

Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood) is building up again its presence at Atlanta with nine new routes. The ultra low-fare airline just issued this statement:

Spirit Airlinesย continues its dramatic growth in 2015. Today the carrier known for itsย crazy low fares will add additional service to and from nine new citiesย from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Spirit is thrilled to announce the following new daily, nonstop routesย from Atlanta:

Atlanta to Cleveland, Las Vegas, and Orlando beginning May 7, 2015

Atlanta to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Tampa beginning June 18, 2015

Atlanta to Los Angeles beginning August 20, 2015

Atlanta to Boston and Fort Myers beginning September 10, 2015

With these additional routes, Spirit Airlines will operate nonstopย flights from Atlanta to 15 cities. Current routes from Atlanta include:ย Atlantic City, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood,ย and Houston.

Copyright Photo: Tony Storck/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A319-132 N503NK (msn 2470) arrives in Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood.

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Frontier Airlines adds three routes from Atlanta

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) is expanding operations at Atlanta while it downsizes its Denver hub. On March 6 the ultra low fare airline will add new routes to Austin, Indianapolis and Miami.

Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 N219FR (msn 1860) with Jack, the hare, taxies to runway 10L at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Southwest Airlines announces three new destinations from Dallas Love Field

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) hasย announced it will add new destinations with more nonstop flights made possible by acquiring the rights to two additional Love Field gates.

Beginning in April, Southwest will offer daily nonstop flights to nine new cities from Dallas (Love Field), including Memphis, Milwaukee, and Seattle/Tacoma, and will increase the number of nonstop flights to recently introduced destinations added after the October 2014 expiration of the Wright Amendment restrictions on long-haul flying at Love Field.

Details on numbers of flights as well as the full list of the cities and fares will be announced soon. The new flights will be made possible through a long-term sub-lease agreement that will transfer usage of two gates in the newly rebuilt 20-gate facility from United Airlines to Southwest Airlines. Terms of the deal are confidential. The transaction was reviewed and cleared without conditions by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. The City of Dallas, the owner and operator of Love Field, also has approved the sublease.

Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-790 N560WN (msn 30542) taxies to the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Silver Airways to add Panama City, Florida as its newest destination, will also add Charleston, SC

Silver Airways (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Gainesville)ย is continuing to expand its Florida flying by introducing service fromย its 12th Sunshine State airport: Northwest Florida Beachesย International Airport (ECP) in Panama City, Florida. On March 19, 2015,ย the airline is starting nonstop service from Panama City to bothย Orlando and Tampa. The two new routes are not currently being servicedย from Panama City.

Starting March 19, 2015, Silver will operate two daily nonstop flightsย between Panama City and Orlando, as well as daily nonstop serviceย between Panama City and Tampa.

Starting March 19, 2015, Silverย Airways is also launching nonstop service between Jacksonville Internationalย Airport (JAX) and Pensacola International Airport (PNS).ย The flights will operate on weekdays Monday through Friday withย continuing service to/from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood.

In other news, Silver Airways is also extending its routes from Tampa and Orlando to Charleston, South Carolina starting on March 19.

Copyright Photo: Tony Storck/AirlinersGallery.com.ย Silver Airways SAAB 340B N418XJ (msn 418) taxies to the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Silver Airways is coming to St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport

Silver Airways (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Gainesville) is expanding its Florida flying and launching serviceย from its 11th Sunshine State airport: St. Petersburg-Clearwaterย International Airport. Today Silver Airways announced it is starting nonstopย service from St. Petersburg/Clearwater to both Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Key Westย on March 12, 2015. The two new routes are not currently being servicedย from St. Petersburg-Clearwater.

Starting March 12, 2015, Silver will operate two daily flights betweenย St. Petersburg-Clearwater and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, and a daily flight between St.ย Petersburg-Clearwater and Key West.

With this new service Silver Airways will serve both sides of Tampa Bay.

All of Silver’s flights are operated with its fleet of 27 highlyย reliable and fuel-efficient 34-seat SAAB 340B Plus turbo-prop aircraft.

Copyright Photo: Andy Cripps/AirlinersGallery.com. SAAB 340B N334AG (msn 434) taxies to the end of the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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JetBlue Airways announces new routes from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Cleveland, Detroit and Portland, OR

JetBlue Airways (New York) announced additional service from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), where it is the largest airline. Nonstop flights to both Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) will begin on April 30, 2015. The announcement comes on top of the seven nonstop routes launched by JetBlue from its South Florida focus city last year. JetBlue currently offers up to 74 daily flights to 33 destinations from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and its plan is to grow to 100 daily flights by 2017 to meet the increasing customer demand in South Florida for JetBlue’s high-quality experience.

The airline added Detroit to its route map in March 2014, with nonstop service from its Boston focus city, and Cleveland will become JetBlue’s 88th destination on April 30, also with flights from Boston.

In other news, JetBlue Airways also announced additional service at Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon, with new nonstop service to Anchorage, Alaska’s Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) for the upcoming summer season.

The new route will operate daily between June 18 and September 8, 2015, and will be JetBlue’s fourth nonstop destination from Portland, where the airline offers flights to Boston, New York/JFK and Long Beach, Calif. in the Los Angeles area. From Anchorage, JetBlue offers nonstop summer seasonal service to Long Beach and Seattle/Tacoma.

The new routes will be operated by a 150-seat Airbus A320s.

Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-232 N565JB (msn 2031) in the new Tartan tail design prepares to depart from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Spirit Airlines is adding more flights from Boston Logan Airport

Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood) is addingย more flights to Boston Logan Airport, with new daily nonstopย service from Boston to Las Vegas, and seasonal service from Boston toย Detroit and Cleveland, beginning in April 2015.

With these additional routes Spirit Airlines will now operate nonstopย flights from Boston to ten cities. Current routes include: Atlanticย City, Chicago (O’Hare), Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood,ย Fort Myers, Myrtle Beach, and West Palm Beach. The daily service to Lasย Vegas and the seasonal service to Detroit and Cleveland will begin onย April 16, 2015.

Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A319-132 N534NK (msn 3395) prepares to depart from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Virgin America starts seasonal New York-JFK-Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood service

Virgin America (San Francisco) today (December 18) begins new daily nonstop seasonal service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL).

The new daily route will operate until April 27, 2015.

In addition to the new seasonal daily service to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, the airline is adding a second weekly flight to its seasonal service between New York (JFK) and Palm Springs. This second frequency will operate until April 25, 2015.

Top Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com (all others by Virgin America). Airbus A320-214 N630VA (msn 3101) departs from Los Angeles.

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Silver Airways to expand operations in Florida and the Bahamas

Silver Airways (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Gainesville) is again expanding operations in Florida and the Bahamas. The airline will add new routes and additionalย frequencies starting on February 12, 2015.ย Silver has announced new andย additional frequencies between Tallahassee and key business marketsย throughout the State of Florida, including Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Orlando,ย Tampa and West Palm Beach.

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood – Tallahassee:ย Silver is starting four new weekly nonstop flights on peak travel days ofย Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, starting on February 12, 2015.

Orlando – Tallahassee:ย Starting on February 12, 2015, Silver is also doubling its service (from oneย flight per day to two) between Orlando and Tallahassee.

In addition to the above added nonstop flights, more highlights ofย Silver’s new intra-Florida schedule include:

1. Additional frequencies between Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Tampa – increasingย from four to five flights per day on weekdays (starting February 12,ย 2015);
2. Additional frequencies between Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Jacksonville –ย increasing from three to four flights per day on weekdays (starting
February 12, 2015);
3. Improved connections between Key West and Tallahassee, and between West Palmย Beach and Tallahassee;
4. Silver’s new increased intra-Florida schedules offer the most nonstopย flights from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood to primary business centers in Orlando andย Jacksonville than any other airline.

Silverย Airwaysย is also announcing theย introduction of three new nonstop routes between the Sunshine State andย the Out Islands of the Bahamas, as well as resuming a number ofย seasonal routes and increasing frequencies between numerous currentย routes starting on February 12, 2015.

Silver’s new nonstop routes include:

Tampa – Marsh Harbour in the Abacos with two weekly flights on Saturdaysย and Sundays;
Orlando – North Eleuthera with one weekly flight on Saturdays;
Orlando – Freeport in Grand Bahama with one weekly flight on Saturdays.

Silver is also resuming the following seasonal service:

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood – Governors Harbour in Eleuthera with three weeklyย flights (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays);

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood – George Town on Great Exuma Island with five weeklyย flights (every day except Tuesdays and Thursdays);
Orlando – Marsh Harbour in the Abacos with daily service;
Jacksonville – Marsh Harbour in the Abacos with two weekly flights onย Saturdays and Sundays.

In addition, Silver Airways is adding more flights for the peak travelย season between Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Bimini, Freeport, Marsh Harbour,ย North Eleuthera, and Treasure Cay, as well as between West Palm Beach andย Marsh Harbour.

Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough/AirlinersGallery.com. Silver Airways now only operates the versatile SAAB 340B turboprop. SAAB 340B N346AG (msn 446) arrives at Washington (Dulles).

Silvery Airways aircraft slide show:

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Silvery Airways Current Route Map: Other than the Washington Dulles operation, the airline has been shrinking back to its core area of Florida and the Bahamas:

Silver Airways 12.2014 Route Map

United to drop four more routes from Cleveland

United Airlines (Chicago) continues to downsize its Cleveland station, creating new opportunities for other carriers. On March 5, 2015, the carrier will drop the route to Dallas/Fort Worth, followed by Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Fort Myers and Tampa in Florida on April 7, 2015 according to Airline Route.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-824 N76505 (msn 32834) with Aviation partners Boeing Split Scimitar Winglets climbs away from the runway at Los Angeles International Airport.

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