Feb. 19—For the first time, Spirit Airlines will provide nonstop flights from San Jose Mineta International Airport, with service to three cities starting in June.
The airline is scheduling two daily flights to Las Vegas and daily flights to Dallas and San Diego, airline officials announced in a news release.
The nonstop flights will begin June 7. To celebrate the new service, the airline will offer limited introductory fares, with one-way flights to Las Vegas starting at $39, to San Diego starting at $59 and to Dallas starting at $89, officials said.
"This new partnership reflects a return to leisure travel and demonstrates how aviation markets are shifting to expand toward new opportunities and approaches," said John Aitken, the airport's director of aviation, said in a news release.
San Jose Mineta will be the second major airport in the Bay Area and the seventh in California to provide flights from Spirit Airlines, officials said. The airline also offers service at Oakland International, Sacramento International, Los Angeles International, Hollywood Burbank Airport (Los Angeles County), John Wayne Airport (Orange County) and San Diego International.
"With our new affordable, nonstop flights to popular destinations, we make vacationing and connecting with loved ones easier than ever," John Kirby, Spirit Airlines' vice president of network planning, said in a news release
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