Want to Fly to Houston? Now There’s a Cheap Flight
The ultra low-cost Spirit Airlines will start daily nonstop routes on June 5.
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Just in time for summer, air travelers in Pittsburgh will have a new ultra low-cost option to fly to Houston when Spirit Airlines introduces daily nonstop flights to that southeast Texas city on June 5.
Spirit will fly into the largest of Houston’s two airports — George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH).
This will be the third airline flying to H-Town from Pittsburgh. United Airlines operates three daily flights to Bush Intercontinental and Southwest Airlines provides daily nonstops to Houston’s other airport, William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) from PIT.
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Houston is among three new routes that Spirit is launching this summer. Spirit is also starting daily, seasonal service to New York-LaGuardia May 8 and will launch daily flights to Boston also on June 5.
These and other additional flights are helping to boost overall passenger traffic at Pittsburgh International Airport. Total passengers at PIT so far this year are up 8.1%, surpassing 2 million passengers during the first quarter for the first time since 2019 — the year before the pandemic ground travel to a halt.
