Airline trumpets new nonstop service to region

FORT MYERS — Spirit Airlines, a leader in the low-cost airline industry, launched a marketing push for its new nonstop service to Fort Myers and Tampa from Pittsburgh and Hartford, Conn.

“With Old Man Winter right around the corner, Spirit Airlines is bringing the heat and its ultra-low fares to Connecticut, western Massachusetts and western Pennsylvania with new seasonal service to Florida's Gulf Coast,” the airline states in a Nov. 7 release.

Spirit's daily, nonstop service from Hartford's Bradley International Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport to Tampa International Airport and Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers begins Nov. 9, the release adds. Spirit is also delivering a new winter escape to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, with new daily service to Palm Beach International Airport.