Spirit to Begin Offering Daily Non-Stop Flights from Austin & Houston to Monterrey

Spirit Airlines, the United States budget airline, will now offer non-stop direct flights to Monterrey International Airport (MTY) from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). These flights will be offered daily and they mark the expansion of Spirit’s services in Mexico to 93 total flights each week between the United States and its southern neighbor.

Spirit Airline Airbus at McCarran International Airport
A Spirit Airlines airbus taking off from McCarran Int’l Airport in Las Vegas, NV © Tomás Del Coro

New paths to take

On Thursday, October 6, Spirit began offering these daily, non-stop routes between Texas and Mexico. Monterrey is an important city for the country as it is the capital city of the northern region of Nuevo León, the economic hub for Mexico’s northern region.

These new services to MTY will be Spirit’s only inland destination to Mexico, and they add to their routes that travel to Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR), Los Cabos International Airport (SJD), and Cancun International Airport (CUN). Here’s a statement from Spirit’s vice president of Network Planning;

“It’s exciting to launch service in Monterrey with a milestone route from Austin that provides critical connectivity and a nonstop route from Houston that expands our extensive international service at IAH. Monterrey attracts vacationers, and family and friends all year long and is a great addition for our Guests looking for high-value options to visit Mexico’s third-largest city.”

map of routes between MTY to AUS and MTY to IAH airports
The new routes between Monterrey and Austin and Houston airports © Travel Radar

More about Spirit and Mexico

As stated earlier, Spirit operates 13 non-stop routes between the United States and Mexico. It also offers 93 flights per week, which comes brings the number of seats offered to 16,941, based on data from Cirium.

The routes that Spirit offers that are most important to the airline are Orlando-Cancún, Fore Lauderdale-Cancún, and Dallas Fort Worth-Cancún. They offer flights on these three routes twice each day. The two new routes to Monterrey will more than likely be quite important for the airline as well, given how much tourism is brought to the city. These routes will give travelers from the United States a faster trip to the popular northern Mexican destination.

Spirit isn’t the only airline that operates MTY. Monterrey also carries 16 routes to the US, operated by seven other airlines which include Aeromar, American Airlines, Frontier, Viva Aerobus, Delta, United Airlines, and AeroMexico.

The most important route for Monterrey is the American Airlines flight to Dallas. It offers five weekly flights, with United Airlines ranking second with three flights to Houston per week. Following various routes, American Airlines offers 42 weekly flights between Monterrey and the US, followed by Viva Aerobus offering 30, United Airlines offering 28, and Spirit offering 14.

Spirit Airlines plane flying in a clear blue sky
Spirit Airlines Boeing 737 © Tomás Del Coro

Why routes like these didn’t happen sooner

In 2021, Viva Aerobus had plans to establish new routes of its own to expand its services. They were hoping to begin offering direct flights between Monterrey and Austin in June 2021, but they were not able to launch it. The reason is that on May 25, 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States downgraded Mexico’s aviation sector to category 2 due to some non-compliance with the minimum International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards.

This downgrade by the FAA caused Mexican Airlines to be forbidden from opening up new flight routes to the US. Viva Aerobus was the first Mexican airline to be affected by this, and they ended up temporarily suspending the launch of seven new flight routes to the US as well, not just the planned route between Monterrey and Austin.

Mexico has not yet been upgraded to the category 1 rating, but Mexican airlines like Viva Aerobus are hopeful it will happen soon.

 

Are you excited about Spirit’s new non-stop direct routes to Monterrey? Have you ever been? Tell us your thoughts and your new travel plans to Mexico in the comments below!

 

Subscribe to our Weekly Digest!




More News

Jared Harvill
Jared Harvill
Aviation Reporter - Jared enjoys analysing topics of interest and connecting them to current issues and ideas. Currently, his passion is travel; It’s his favorite thing to do, with a love of the industries that are adjacent to it including Aviation. Since graduating with a degree in history, Jared has worked in the travel industry.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!


>
Wordpress themeseotakipçi satın alankara implant fiyatları11yol kapanıpassport psdbatman evden eve nakliyatbalkon köşe takımılastik patlatanevden eve nakliyatkartal evden eve nakliyatfatih antika eşya alanlarfenerbahçe antika eşya alanlarnakliyatantika alanlarantika alanlarwoocommerce baselJannah themeeskişehir inşaat şirketlerieskişehir uydu tamirkitap alanlarantika alanlarantika alanlarseoEskişehir uydueşya depolamapgcdpgcdpmsaAccident LawyerDental Implantiqos tereatuzla evden eve nakliyatAntika alan yerlergaziantep evden eve nakliyateskişehir saç protezihayır lokmasıtuzla evden eve nakliyatodunpazarı emlakhayır lokmasıpendik evden eve nakliyatgölcük evden eve nakliyatgölcük evden eve nakliyatistanbul evden eve nakliyatankara evden eve nakliyatbestwhoziporselen kaplama dislerankara diş estetiğidiş teli tedavisimersin evden eve nakliyatEtimesgut evden eve nakliyattuzla asansörlü nakliyatkartal evden eve nakliyatgebze evden eve nakliyatankara evden eve nakliyatankara parca esya tasımaankara gülüş tasarımıankara gülüş tasarımıankara implant fiyatlarıniğde evden eve nakliyatEskişehir yabancı dil okuluvozol 12000puffistanbul saç ekimiankara çıkışlı günübirlik turlarEtimesgut evden eve nakliyatEtimesgut evden eve nakliyatkadıköy evden eve nakliyatmersin evden eve nakliyatçankaya evden eve nakliyatankara parca esya tasımamaltepe evden eve nakliyattuzla evden eve nakliyatankara implant fiyatlarıankara gülüş estetiğiyenimahalle evden eve nakliyaten yakın çekiciAntalya Çittereaseo çalışmasıistanbul hayır lokmasıata şehir evden eve nakliyatmaltepe evden eve nakliyatüsküdar evden eve nakliyatkepenk tamiriİstanbul evden eve nakliyatmaldives casinospoodleistanbul hayır lokmasıKartal evden eve nakliyatçankaya evden eve nakliyatataşehir evden eve nakliyatankara ofis taşımacılığıboğazda özel tekne kiralamadiş eti ağrısıtuzla nakliyateryaman evden eve nakliyateskişhir uydu servisieskişhir uydu servisitimepoodlepomeranianzibilyonbet girişraydium market idGaziantep Evden Eve Taşımacılıkdextools trendingdextools trending botdextools trending costdextools trending servicedextools trending algorithmdextools botcoinmarketcap trendingcoinmarketcap trending botpinksale trendingpinksale trending botpancakeswap botuniswap botpancakeswap sniper botuniswap sniper botfront running botfront run botmev botzibilyonbetzibilyonbet girişLibraNewsHair Transplantyks kitaplarıdextools botdextools trending algorithmpinksale trending botprediction botpancakeswap prediction botEtimesgut evden eve nakliyatankara gülüş tasarımıbatman nakliyatmersin nakliyatköpek ilanlarımersin evden eve nakliyatankara evden eve nakliyatMedyumeskişehir uydu servisimersin evden eve nakliyatetiler antika alanlarataşehir antika alanlar
deneme bonusuCasinoslot girişbig bass bonanza oynaAviator oynasugar rush oynasweet bonanzagates of olympus oynaBahisnowdiyarbet girişCasinoslotwild west gold demo oynaredbullholdenracing.comdenemebonususiteler.commarsbahisMatadorbetMatadorbetEscortSaatlik escortManisa escortGümüşhane escortfethiye escortDeneme Bonusu Veren SitelerDeneme Bonusucasibomcasibom girişŞişli escortizmir escortDenizli escortMalatya Escortşanlıurfa escortHacklinkBeşiktaş escortAtaşehir escortBeylikdüzü escortkadıköy escortcialisViagraBahis siteleriEsenyurt escortbets10masözmasözantalya escortcasibombonusbetturkeyfixbetcasibomessbahisdeneme bonusu veren sitelerdeneme bonusu 2024casibombets10bahisbetajojobet girişpusulabetbetmatik twitterbaywinGrandpashabetcasibomholiganbetbettilt girişcasibom girişslot sitelerisekabetbetmatikbetkanyonsekabetholiganbetbetmatikcasibomcasibomcasibomcasibomcasibomcasibomcasibomcasibomcasibomJetbahishitbetsahabetsahabetbettiltvdcasinoilbetcratosroyalbettümbetbaywindinamobetelexbetsekabetbetkanyonbetmatikbetinetumbetrexbetgrandpashabet girişgrandpashabet twittergrandpashabetmarsbahisholiganbetholiganbetonwinholiganbetmarsbahisslot sitelericanlı casino sitelericasino sitelerislot siteleribahis siteleribaywinİnterbahiscasibomcasibomcasibomqueenbetmostbetlunabetmadridbetartemisbetcasibommariobetgrandpashabetBetsatBetturkeybetkomcasibomEsenyurt EscortBursa EscortErzincan EscortKayseri EscortMuğla EscortAlanya EscortBahçeşehir Escortcasibomgrandpashabetcasibombetsatbets10holiganbetbaywinMaltcasinohacklink