Spirit Airlines Adds Twice-Daily Flights from San Jose to Burbank

<p>San José Mineta International Airport &lpar;SJC&rpar; announced that Spirit Airlines is adding a twice-daily nonstop route to Hollywood Burbank Airport &lpar;BUR&rpar;&comma; just one year after the airline began operations in San José&period; Available for booking now&comma; the flight will commence on September 4&comma; 2024&period; The new service will bring Spirit’s total peak daily departures to 13&comma; representing 150&percnt; growth since its inaugural SJC flight on June 7&comma; 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spirit seeks to further expand its footprint at SJC and has applied to the US Department of Transportation to add nonstop flights between SJC and Reagan National Airport &lpar;DCA&rpar; in Washington&comma; DC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Spirit Airlines continues to connect America to the heart of our innovation economy here in Silicon Valley&comma;” <strong>San José Mayor Matt Mahan<&sol;strong> said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Their new Burbank connection and bid for a direct flight to Washington&comma; D&period;C&period; will help more people visit family&comma; do business and experience all the Bay Area has to offer via the region’s most convenient and reliable airport&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am pleased with Spirit Airlines’ continued expansion and steady growth at SJC&period; This demonstrates Spirit Airlines’ commitment to the community by offering more convenient flights and low-cost airfares to locations throughout the U&period;S&period; I look forward to their future development at SJC&comma;” said <strong>San José City Manager Jennifer Maguire<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;San José Mineta International Airport congratulates Spirit Airlines on its continued success&period; We welcome this additional flight&comma; bringing further flexibility and choice to Bay Area travelers flying to the Los Angeles area&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <strong>SJC Director of Aviation Mookie Patel<&sol;strong>&period; &&num;8220&semi;Airlines and travelers alike gravitate to SJC for its premier location&comma; convenience and reliability&period; We look forward to further strengthening our partnership with Spirit as we prepare for the possibility of launching a nonstop service from SJC to DCA&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our California Guests will soon be able to enjoy daily&comma; low-fare high-value flights between two popular cities&comma; San José &lpar;SJC&rpar; and Burbank &lpar;BUR&rpar;&comma; connecting the tech and media capitals of the world&comma;” said <strong>John Kirby&comma; Vice President of Network Planning at Spirit Airlines<&sol;strong>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This new service compliments our daily non-stops to Los Angeles &lpar;LAX&rpar; while adding to the number of non-stop destinations served from SJC&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;