Spirit Airlines will resume flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., starting in May. The new flights will begin on May 8 and will be scheduled two days a week. "This is wonderful news,

Spirit Airlines announced on March 5 that it will introduce new flights from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Columbia, South Carolina. The Dania Beach-based airline’s new routes, set to begin in June, mark an expansion for the airline as it works to emerge from bankruptcy.

Direct flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will resume in May, the Westmoreland County Airport Authority announced Friday. Spirit Airlines will initially operate two weekly flights to the south Florida city,