Originally Posted by
iahphx
According to their timetable, Spirit now has a grand total of 5 flights (to 5 different destinations) from PHL. This does not seem like a rip-roaring success.
United also only offers 5 nonstop destinations out of PHL. JetBlue only offers 2 and AirTran only offered 2.
It's because it's a spoke, but connections offer more destinations. Spirit also offer more destinations through connections. Go on spirit.com, Select Philadelphia for From, and see the number of destinations in TO. I checked and OAK and LAX are two of the markets where it works.