Spirit Airlines seasonal flight to Myrtle Beach

Spirit Airlines add five new route from Myrtle Beach. Effective May 5, 2011, Spirit will begin seasonal service to the following new markets:

Flights will be daily to Washington, D.C., Reagan National Airport; four times a week to Plattsburgh and Latrobe; and three times a week to Charleston and Niagara Falls.Special $9 Club Fares are available Thursday and Friday to celebrate the new destinations.
Brad Dean, president and chief executive of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, said the routes likely will bring $30 million to $50 million in economic activity to the area. Marketing group Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday and the chamber already plan to market the Grand Strand in the five new destinations next year, Dean said. He said the flights will increase their penetration into those markets.

Some of the routes will compete directly with those of Myrtle Beach-based Direct Air. Direct Air flies to Plattsburgh and Niagara Falls, and the Latrobe flight could attract fliers from nearby Pittsburgh.

"The availability of affordable transportation into the Myrtle Beach area is crucial to building our tourism economy and greatly enhances our ability to market in challenging economic times," said Brad Dean, President and CEO of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce/CVB. "We're very pleased to see Spirit Airlines expand non-stop air service into Myrtle Beach International Airport while continuing to provide our visitors and residents with low fare options."