Spirit Airlines given 16 peak-hour runway timings previously operated by Southwest at Newark airport
The federal government is stepping in to bring more affordable flights to customers at Newark Liberty International Airport.
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Jul 7, 2022, 9:54 AM
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9h agoThe federal government is stepping
in to bring more affordable flights to customers at Newark Liberty International
Airport.
The U.S. Department of Transportation
reassigned more than a dozen peak-hour runway timings from Southwest Airlines to
Spirit Airlines.
Government officials say the move
gives customers at the airport more low-cost flight options, as well as
increasing competition, after Southwest discontinued service in 2019.
Spirit Airlines will now be given 16
peak-hour runway timings that were previously operated by Southwest.
The Department of Transportation
says they received applications from Spirit, JetBlue and Alaska Airlines for
some of the timings, but the department says it chose Spirit because officials
thought it was most likely to provide the lowest fares to the most
consumers.
The department is requiring Spirit
to report additional data on customer service disruptions. They say that way, they
can better monitor the situation.
