Letter to the editor: Are airlines being threatened over Latrobe service?

After reading the article “JetBlue mum on post-merger service at Arnold Palmer airport” (Dec. 15, TribLive), I began thinking about it. Ever since construction on Greater Pitt began, Spirit has eliminated service from Latrobe. I used to fly to Myrtle Beach and Fort Myers and Orlando, and must now take a flight from PIT or endure endless transfers. To fly to Fort Myers now requires a flight to Orlando, a flight to Detroit and an overnight stay somewhere.

The skeptic in me says that Spirit, and anyone else considering service to LBE, is either being threatened with losing gate space at PIT or has been offered “economic incentives” — i.e., bribes — to abandon Latrobe.

This needs to be investigated, because something is rotten here.

Dave Hromanik

West Mifflin