Sea-Tac Welcomes First New Domestic Airline Since 2008 with Inaugural Flight of Ultra-Low Fare Spirit Airlines

The Port of Seattle welcomes the first new domestic airline since 2008 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with tonight's inaugural flight of Spirit Airlines to Los Angeles. Travelers in the region will see with two daily nonstop flights to LAX and will add twice-daily service to Las Vegas beginning April 14, 2016.

"Spirit Airlines has a unique business model with their unbundled fare, providing customers in our region a new option of the ultra low-cost fare," said Lance Lyttle, Managing Director of Sea-Tac Airport.

"The opportunity to be a world-class airport also brings with it the need to broaden choices for our travelers. Spirit will do just that."
Sea-Tac was the fastest growing large airport in the country in 2015, with nearly 13 percent growth from the previous year to a fifth straight passenger record of more than 42.3 million.

Already through the first two months of 2016, Sea-Tac is seeing double digit growth continuing at nearly 10 percent. From Los Angeles, Spirit flies nonstop to 18 cities, including Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington DC, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New Orleans (starting April 14, 2016), Oakland/San Francisco, Philadelphia (starting April 13, 2016), Phoenix (starting April 8, 2016), Portland (starting March 25, 2016) and Seattle-Tacoma.

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