Monroe County officials are celebrating the launch of Spirit Airlines out of the Frederick Douglass - Greater Rochester International Airport this week.

Spirit becomes the eighth airline to service customers out of Rochester and will offer non-stop flights to one of the area's top destinations -- Orlando, F.L.

This brings the total number of seats available to Orlando to more than 1,000 per week.

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello says this means lower fares for customers.

"It's all about passengers,” Bello said. “It’s all about connecting people to where they want to go. And our passenger traffic continues to improve. We are just nearing our pre-COVID levels, even in what is typically a slower time of year, where we are for air travel, our passenger numbers continue to increase with many full flights and a very busy air traffic schedule."

The first Spirit flights arrive to Rochester on Wednesday morning.