Spirit Airways will fly to Center Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) in Macon, Georgia, as the primary vacation spot below its new partnership with regional service Contour Airways.
The airline will provide twice-weekly flights between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport (FLL) and MCN on an Airbus A320-family plane starting Oct. 16, Spirit stated Thursday. Introductory airfares start at $49.99 one-way.
As a part of the pact, Contour will deal with floor providers for Spirit at MCN.
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Contour already serves MCN twice day by day from Dulles Worldwide Airport (IAD) close to Washington, D.C., sponsored below the U.S. Division of Transportation’s Important Air Service program, schedule information from aviation analytics agency Cirium exhibits.
MCN will turn out to be Spirit’s third metropolis in Georgia, becoming a member of Atlanta and Savannah. The brand new MCN-FLL route can be the primary below the partnership with Contour, unveiled in Could. The airways touted the pact as a technique to increase air connectivity to “underserved communities throughout the nation.” Spirit will add flights to Contour’s EAS markets throughout the U.S. from “main leisure locations,” and Contour will present floor providers and cross-market the brand new flights.
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The tie-up is Spirit’s first because it emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. The airline slashed debt and shrank its fleet by the restructuring that adopted its failed attempt to merge with JetBlue.
Spirit is a considerably smaller airline following its restructuring. The airline flew practically a fifth fewer seats in the course of the first six months of 2025 than it did final yr, in keeping with Cirium.
Contour serves 23 EAS and small communities throughout the U.S., together with MCN, Cirium schedules present. Others embody Barkley Regional Airport (PAH) in Paducah, Kentucky; Canyonlands Regional Airport (CNY) in Moab, Utah; and Shenandoah Valley Airport (SHD) in Weyers Cave, Virginia.
Nevertheless, the Spirit-Contour pact doesn’t embody any tie-up between the airways and Spirit’s Free Spirit loyalty program.
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