A Spirit Airways aircraft on the tarmac on the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport on February 07, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Spirit Airways is planning to open crew bases in Atlanta and Miami this 12 months, in line with a be aware despatched to flight attendants that their union despatched on Thursday.
The Miramar, Fla.-based low cost airline is establishing the brand new bases for pilots and flight attendants because it staffs as much as tackle greater rivals with robust holds on these airports, like Atlanta-based Delta Air Strains and American Airways, which is the dominant airline in Miami.
Spirit first launched service from Miami Worldwide Airport final October and now has 30 nonstop routes from there, making it the second-biggest service on the airport, nonetheless far behind American Airways, which has greater than 300 every day departures out of the airport this month.
Spirit and fellow funds service Frontier Airways final month introduced plans to merge into the nation’s fifth-largest service. Spirit Airways spokesman stated the crew bases usually are not associated to the mixture.
The brand new bases come after Spirit has been finding out for months tips on how to workers extra effectively after crew shortages contributed to greater than 2,000 flight cancellations in the midst of final summer time.
Spirit, like different airways, has been scrambling to rent pilots, flight attendants and different workers to cater to the rebound in journey demand.
The airline stated it plans to have greater than 100 pilots and 200 flight attendants at every new base at first. The be aware to flight attendants stated the bases are anticipated to open in June.
