Spirit Airlines adding flights to 2 new cities from Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Spirit announced on Monday the airline is adding flights from Columbus to two major cities.

The airline is introducing daily, nonstop service from John Glenn International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport beginning on April 9 next year. The year-round service will make it easier for Columbus travelers "to enjoy Atlanta's world-famous attractions, nightlife, sports, cuisine, and more," the airline said.

Spirit also said it is helping central Ohio celebrate Mardi Gras by adding seasonal, daily flights from Columbus to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport starting Feb. 20 through March 9.

The two new routes will grow Spirit's Columbus service to six nonstop routes by spring 2025. These flights are available for booking now on spirit.com. 

The announcement comes after Spirit cut service in September from Columbus to Dallas-Fort Worth and Newark Liberty, as well as flights from Boston Logan. The cuts were published by Cirium, an aviation analytics company whose intelligence software known as “Diio” tracks flight scheduling by airline.

The software said all future flights from Columbus to Dallas-Fort Worth have already been removed, while service from Boston Logan to Columbus will be removed after October. Flights from Columbus to Newark will end after November.

Earlier this summer, Spirit added non-stop flights from Columbus to several vacation destinations. The airline introduced daily service from John Glenn International Airport to Boston, Massachusetts, and Newark, New Jersey. The announcement came after Spirit also announced it was introducing service from Columbus to New York-LaGuardia daily and resuming service to Myrtle Beach.