Spirit Airlines dropping 2 more airports, to suspend 40 routes. What about Florida?

Low-cost service Spirit Airlines will suspend about 40 routes and drop service to two airports, according to printed studies.

Spirit is making an attempt to scale back prices following its second chapter in a 12 months, a company consultant told workers Sept. 26.

Chief Commercial Officer Rana Ghosh said Spirit will end service from Hartford’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) on on Oct. 31 and to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) Dec. 1, AirlineGeeks.com reported.

The transfer comes a few weeks after the Dania Beach-based airline dropped service to 11 airports in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Birmingham, Alabama; Boise, Idaho; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Columbia, South Carolina; Oakland, California; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; Salt Lake City; San Diego; and San Jose, California.

No Florida airports have been eliminated to date, but flights to and from Florida airports to these cities will end, according to Spirit.com’s ticketing web site. The routes to be suspended haven’t been announced yet, but Ghosh said the November schedule would come with suspensions of a number of seasonal and less-frequent routes, Airline Geeks said.

A deliberate route to Macon, Georgia, scheduled to start in October, also has been suspended. Service to Key West, scheduled to start Nov. 6, is still obtainable.

(*2*)Spirit Airlines assured its company in an open letter Aug. 29 that flights would continue usually. However, the company said in court filings that it might scale back its presence in sure markets, shrink its community and cut prices.

The airline plans to cut its fleet and focus on core cities such as Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Detroit as half of its restructure plans, Spirit Chairman Robert Milton told the Wall Street Journal.

What do I do if my flights are canceled?

Customers with present flights scheduled to and from these airports ought to contact Spirit if the airline has not already reached out to them.

Under the U.S. Department of Transportation flight refund coverage, vacationers are entitled to a refund if an airline cancels a flight, no matter what the reason being, and the client chooses not to journey.

Why did Spirit declare chapter?

Since rising from chapter in March, Spirit reported a web loss of about $246 million through mid-June. The company said last week it borrowed the complete $275 million obtainable under its revolving credit facility.

Industry analysts and executives say Spirit’s troubles stemmed from its failure to repair its bloated price construction in the first chapter. The airline is also locked in a dispute with plane lessor AerCap Holdings over 73 current and promised airplanes, according to court filings.

The news comes shortly after Spirit, still struggling from of the last chapter and a failed merger with JetBlue, announced plans to furlough practically 300 pilots later this 12 months, efficient Nov. 1. Last week, the airline announced it might be furloughing more than 1,000 flight attendants forward of the vacation season.

Despite its points, Spirit was named Best Airline for 2025 by WalletHub in April.

Recently the company has tried to market itself as the premium option among finances airways with a new ticket lineup, an up to date loyalty program, additional legroom seating for the “Go Comfy” ticketholders (now called “Premium Economy”), and two free checked baggage for vacationers utilizing Spirit’s Mastercard.

Other low-cost airways stepping up in Florida

Within days of Spirit’s chapter announcement, Frontier Airlines announced 42 new routes, many of them at Spirit’s hub at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL).

JetBlue also moved in, with 9 new routes from Fort Lauderdale. Allegiant Air announced on Sept. 9 it was including a Fort Lauderdale-Chattanooga, Tennessee route that Spirit was dropping.

Which Florida airports does Spirit fly out of?

As of Sept. 29, Spirit at the moment companies the next Florida airports:

• Key West (EYW) (scheduled to start in November)

This article initially appeared on Palm Beach Post: Spirit flights being cut, Florida airline leaving 2 airports