Spirit Airlines will begin new nonstop flights between Detroit and Puerto Rico this week, the latest addition of flights out of Detroit Metro Airport.
According to Spirit, the first flight between DTW and San Juan (SJU) will take off Friday, May 5.
The airline said the flight will take off every day from DTW scheduled for 11 a.m.
Earlier this year, Frontier Airlines also said it would add low-cost flights between DTW and SJU starting in May. Frontier also added a route between Detroit and San Francisco.
May also is the start of direct flights between Detroit and Reykjavik, Iceland on IcelandAir. The flights begin May 18 with four weekly nonstop flights between DTW and KEF through Oct. 30, 2023.
Flights will leave at 8:30 p.m. on Mondays Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays with a 160-seat Boeing 737MAX. The flight will then depart Iceland for Detroit at 5 p.m. on the same day and arrive back in Detroit at 6:25 p.m.
DTW ranked as best airport in North America for customer experience
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) was named one of the best airports in the United States, according to the 2022 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) awards.
According to DTW, the airport received the ASQ award for Best Airport of 25 to 40 million passengers in North America, and it's one of the highest honors in the aviation industry.
“Our entire team at Detroit Metropolitan Airport is responsible for DTW receiving this honor, our third ASQ Award since 2018,” Wayne County Airport Authority CEO Chad Newton said in a statement “We’ve listened to customer feedback and developed action plans for improvement. Everyone played a role, including our Airport Authority staff, airlines, janitorial staff, Customs & Border Protection, TSA, concessionaires, and more. It’s encouraging to know our customers have noticed our efforts. We are grateful and remain dedicated to exceeding expectations at DTW.”
According to the ASQ Awards, customers rated DTW high for wait times at security checkpoints and border/passport control areas and the courtesy of the staff in those locations. They also said the increased and improved signage throughout the airport made things better, it was very clean and others.
“Putting the traveler at the center is more important than ever, and it is the way forward,” said ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira. “We are proud of the team at Detroit Metropolitan Airport for winning the Airport Service Quality Award. This shows that the whole airport community has come together to put the passenger first.”
DTW has previously been recognized as the best in North America in 2020 and 2018.
Detroit Metro Airport is one of the largest in the country with two terminals – the McNamara Terminal, which opened in 2002 and is the home to Delta, which has a hub in Detroit, and the new North Terminal, which opened in 2008 and was recently renamed the Evans Terminal in honor of Wayne County Executive Warren Evans.
Each day, more than 1,100 flights fly in and out of Detroit Metro Airport to four continents, and it sees more than 36 million passengers per year.
Over the past few years, the terminals have gone through updates to add new restaurants and shopping destinations, with a major focus on local products.
Most recently, the airport has had expanded service from a variety of airlines, including WestJet bringing flights from Canada to DTW, Frontier adding nonstop service from Detroit to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and in May, IcelandAir will add nonstop flights between Detroit and Reykavik, Iceland.
