9 hours Ago By Vyte Klisauskaite
Spirit Airlines is reportedly planning to expand its route network by adding 28 new routes. However, as part of its updated schedule, the US-based low-cost airline will also discontinue service to five destinations. The news was first reported by Ishrion Aviation .
Simple Flying has reviewed data from the aviation analytics company Cirium to verify the news, but the airline has not yet updated the information. Simple Flying has also reached out to Spirit Airlines for a comment. Adding more connections amid bankruptcy proceedings The low-cost airline has reportedly added 28 new domestic routes across the US in a major reshuffle of its existing network as it prepares for the summer 2025 season.
The reported network expansion news comes amid its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and significant losses revealed in its full-year financial report for 2024. According to the report, most of the new routes will launch from Raleigh/Durham (RDU), Nashville (BNA), and Indianapolis (IND), starting in the first half of May 2025. Here is Spirit’s complete list of new routes, as per Ishriom Aviation: Raleigh/Durham International Airport (RDU) Baltimore (BWI) Detroit (DTW) Newark (EWR) New Orleans (MSY) Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Nashville International Airport (BNA) Milwaukee (MKE) Kansas City (MCI) San Antonio (SAT) Chicago O'Hare (ORD) Baltimore (BWI) Myrtle Beach (MYR) Cleveland (CLE) Indianapolis International Airport (IND) Los Angeles (LAX) Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Charlotte (CLT) Detroit (DTW) San Antonio (SAT) Memphis (MEM) Charlotte (CLT) Baltimore (BWI) Chicago O'Hare (ORD) Charlotte (CLT) New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) Richmond (RIC) Norfolk (ORF) Philadelphia (PHL) Charlotte (CLT) Latrobe (LBE) Fort Lauderdale (FLL) Los Angeles (LAX) Milwaukee (MKE) Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Louisville (SDF) Atlanta (ATL) Louisville (SDF) Newark (EWR) Louisville (SDF) Simultaneously, the budget airline is reportedly discontinuing service to five destinations across and outside the US, including Aguadilla (BQN) in Puerto Rico, Ponce (PSE) in Puerto Rico, Puerto Vallarta (PVR) in Mexico, Los Cabos (SJD) in Mexico, and Manchester, NH (MHT) in the United States.
Spirit has been adding new routes recently. On March 6, 2025, the airline announced a new nonstop route connecting San Antonio and San Juan, Puerto Rico, as part of its ongoing expansion at the Texas airport. Earlier, on March 5, 2025, Spirit introduced new nonstop services from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Columbia, South Carolina, further highlighting its continued growth in the Southeastern US.
Spirit Airlines is expanding with new nonstop flights from Chattanooga and Columbia to Fort Lauderdale, Newark, and Orlando, starting in June 2025. Spirit Airlines is an all-Airbus operator with a fleet of 213 aircraft, according to ch-aviation data. The fleet consists of 91 Airbus A320neos, 63 Airbus A320-200s, 30 Airbus A321neos, and 29 Airbus A321-200 narrowbodies.
Additionally, the budget carrier is awaiting deliveries of 34 A321neos and 25 A320neos, which are set to replace an aging fleet of older A320 family aircraft. Significant losses in 2024 The reported news regarding the network expansion comes amid the carrier's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and significant losses revealed in its full-year financial report for 2024. While the airline has expressed confidence in its post-bankruptcy plan, which includes focusing on the growing premium leisure market as a standalone company following two rejections of Frontier Airlines’ merger proposals, Spirit Airlines ended 2024 with a net loss of $1.
2 billion. The company’s management attributed the pre-tax loss of $1.28 billion to "higher operating expenses, including asset disposal losses, aircraft rental costs, and increased salaries, wages, and benefits expenses, compared to the previous year.
" While its costs increased, Spirit AIrlines' revenues contracted due to the airline reducing its capacity throughout 2024..
