Indy Airport Looking Ahead To Summer Travel

Spring Break delivers more for the record books in IND history

INDIANAPOLIS (April 2, 2025) – As Spring Break 2025 is coming down the home stretch, the Indianapolis International Airport (IND) looks back on the first quarter of this year and ahead to the summer travel season with additional flights, new routes, and a big travel event in the forecast.

“We had an amazing year in 2024 with a new record of more than 10.5 million people traveling through the Best Airport in North America, and we’re looking forward to 2025 being another big year – and maybe even bigger with the addition of the Aer Lingus nonstop transatlantic flight to Dublin, Ireland launching on May 3,” said Indianapolis Airport Authority Executive Director Mario Rodriguez.

Looking back on the first quarter of 2025, the Indy airport added another Spring Break date to its record books on March 14 as the sixth biggest passenger air travel day, and March 28 as the eighth busiest passenger air travel day in the Indy airport’s history. Three other March 2025 Spring Break days made it into the Top 15 busiest days ever. Allegiant Air celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Indy airport earlier this year, Spirit Airlines launched seasonal service from Indy to New Orleans just in time for Mardi Gras, and Frontier Airlines launched two new nonstop routes in March to Atlanta and Tampa.

Additionally, Southwest Airlines launched the diligently sought-after nonstop flight from Indianapolis to Nashville in March. And on March 26, American Airlines announced a new international nonstop flight to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic launching Dec. 6 – and bringing the number of nonstop flights out of Indy to an all-time high of 53.

Although Spring Break 2025 is close to wrapping up for the year, there are still anticipated heavy traffic days left ahead for travelers, especially from April 4 – 6. Delta Air Lines added nonstop roundtrip flights to Orlando as a special Spring Break service on April 5 and April 12.

International Flights

As the Indy airport moves into late spring and early summer, Hoosier travelers can look forward to two additional nonstop international flights – with one particularly taking the spotlight.

Air Canada, will reinstate its service from Indy to Toronto, Canada, on May 1, offering nonstop daily flights in May and then offering twice daily flights during the summer months (June through September).

Aer Lingus will launch the most anticipated route of the year on May 3 as the Indy airport’s new transatlantic, nonstop flight to Dublin, Ireland, will make its inaugural debut. This route will also connect seamlessly to 20 destinations beyond Dublin to major cities in Europe and the United Kingdom, such as Paris, London, Frankfurt, Rome and Amsterdam.

Domestic Flights

Starting on April 3, Southwest will offer a schedule change to its San Diego seasonal nonstop, now operating daily flights through the end of October for the first time since 2019.

Next up, Spirit will launch several nonstop flights out of Indianapolis in May to Atlanta (May 7), Charlotte and Dallas Ft. Worth (May 8) and Los Angeles (May 9). Delta also will launch its nonstop inaugural flight from Indy to Austin on May 7. Allegiant will follow with a new year-round nonstop twice-weekly flights to Portland beginning May 23.

The summer will wrap up with a new Southwest flight to Chicago Midway on Aug. 5, operating nonstop twice daily, and Spirit will launch a new nonstop flight to LaGuardia (LGA) with service four times per week beginning Sept 5.

“IND is working with our airline partners to ensure Hoosiers are getting to where they want to go, with more nonstop routes than ever (53 in total), specialty flights, and schedule adjustments to better accommodate Central Indiana travelers,” said Megan Carrico, IAA senior director of public affairs. “And that’s going to make for a great summer travel season, and very likely another record-breaking travel year for us.”

To explore all nonstop flights available, visit the Flight Map on the IND Flights page.