JetBlue has begun to pull down flying elsewhere in the network in order to fund the big growth it has poured into FLL in the wake of Spirit’s demise
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The Weekly Basics – May 17, 2026
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Atlantic City Gets Knocked Down, but Breeze Helps It Back Up
One of the markets most vulnerable to Spirit’s failure is Atlantic City where Spirit was usually the only airline regularly using airplanes at the airport
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Frontier Floods the Market with Spirit Backfill
Frontier said it would focus on five markets where Spirit was big once that airline failed, and it has done just that with a 3 to 4% capacity bump starting in Jul
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United Hopes for Blue Sky in LAX-FLL
United responded to Spirit’s failure by adding new frequencies and upgauging aircraft on several Florida routes from its hubs, but there was also one new route in the mix
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Delta’s Spirited Focus on BOS and DTW
With Spirit having failed, Delta had the heftiest response of any of the big three legacy carriers this week, but its primary efforts were focused on two specific markets
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JetBlue Stakes Its Claim in FLL
Since the end of 2025, JetBlue has been pouring capacity into Fort Lauderdale to prepare for an eventual Spirit failure, and now it has put that strategy into overdrive
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Porter Helps Edmonton Get Warm
Porter added 15 new routes for winter this week, and while these flights touch several cities in Canada, it was Edmonton that grabbed our attention
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Frontier Has Already Been Backfilling Spirit
Frontier extended its schedule from ending Sep 8 to Nov 19 this week, filling out the pre-holiday fall period which tends to cover some of the airline’s most off-peak flying of the year
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