Ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) Spirit Airlines is preparing to increase capacity to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the city’s annual International Balloon Fiesta next month. The airline will add new daily flights from Dallas/Fort Worth and Los Angeles. The service will begin at the beginning of October and run through the middle of the month.
Spirit does not currently serve the routes; it only has regular scheduled service between Albuquerque and Las Vegas. A new offering According to Aeroroutes , the ULCC will begin the new service on October 2nd. Flights between Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ), and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will be once daily through October 15th.
Spirit will utilize its Airbus A321neos on the DFW-ABQ sector. While the aircraft type will also be deployed between LAX and ABQ, the A320 will be scheduled on select dates on the route. Competition with American Spirit will go head-to-head with Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines , which dominates the DFW-ABQ route.
According to aviation data and analytics provider Cirium , the carrier has a total of 431 flights scheduled and will use four aircraft types. The A320 is scheduled on eight flights, while the A321 will handle 65 frequencies. The Boeing 737-800 will remarkably handle the overwhelming majority – 292 flights, and the Embraer E175 will be deployed on 66 flights operated by American’s wholly-owned regional subsidiary Envoy Air.