Spirit Airlines Starts New Service Between Fort Lauderdale and Cartagena, Colombia
First Ultra Low Cost Airline Enters Colombian Market with $49 Introductory Fares(1)
Posted on Thu, May. 08, 2008
MIRAMAR, Fla. --
Spirit Airlines today becomes the first ultra low cost airline to
enter the Colombian market with daily service between Fort Lauderdale
and Cartagena, Colombia.
Spirit is celebrating this new service with $49 introductory
fares(1) available today and tomorrow at www.spiritair.com. Every day
value season fares from $119 are also available at www.spiritair.com.
In addition to this new non-stop service from Fort Lauderdale,
Spirit also offers convenient connections from its network of 18 other
destinations in the United States to Cartagena.
The new route will be operated by Spirit's new Airbus fleet, the
youngest in the Americas.
Cartagena is Spirit's first destination in Colombia. The airline
also expects to initiate service to Bogota in 2008 and is studying
other potential cities for introducing its ultra low fares to the
Colombian market.
In addition to Cartagena, Spirit has also recently announced new
service from Fort Lauderdale to Long Island's MacArthur Airport;
Columbia, South Carolina; and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, all
of which will begin operations in May and June.
"Our passengers have spoken and we are giving them what they want
- liberation from high fares and more destinations in the United
States, Caribbean and Latin America," says Spirit's Chief Marketing
Officer Barry Biffle.
Referring to Spirit Airlines' new flight to Cartagena, Oscar Rueda
Garcia, Colombia's Vice Minister of Tourism said, "The arrival of
Spirit marks a new stage in the history of Colombia's tourism and we
hope that it will soon cover other tourist destinations in the
country."
$49 Introductory Fares(1):
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fare Dates
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Fort Lauderdale-Cartagena $49.00 5/15/2008 5/16/2008 6/2/2008 6/7/2008
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Cartagena-Fort Lauderdale $49.00 5/15/2008 5/16/2008 6/5/2008 6/6/2008
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Schedule for Spirit's Fort Lauderdale-Cartagena service effective May
8, 2008:
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Flight
Depart Arrive # Stops Frequency
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From
Fort Lauderdale to Cartagena 10:40 am 12:25 pm 859 0 Daily
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From
Cartagena to Fort Lauderdale 1:15 pm 5:10 pm 946 0 Daily
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About Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines, Inc. (www.spiritair.com) is the largest Ultra Low
Cost Carrier (ULCC) in the United States, Latin America and Caribbean.
Its all-Airbus fleet, the youngest in the Americas, flies more than
200 daily flights to 43 destinations. The company is based in Miramar,
Florida, and employs 2,300 professionals.
(1) Date-specific fares must be booked on spiritair.com by 11:59
PM ET on May 9, 2008 for travel on the dates as specified by
individual market and by market direction. All fares are for coach
class travel unless otherwise indicated and reflect the spiritair.com
discount. Fares are each way based on roundtrip purchase, and
roundtrip travel is required, but these fares may be combined with
other valid and applicable Spirit Airlines fares on other days of the
week. Not all markets are operated on a daily basis -- please check
spiritair.com for details. All fares listed on spiritair.com are per
customer for each way of travel and include the base fare plus a
federal excise tax and any fuel surcharge. Fares are subject to change
without notice. Fares do not include (a) a segment tax of $3.40 per
U.S. domestic flight segment (a flight segment is defined as one
takeoff and landing) of a passenger's itinerary; (b) up to $18 per
round trip in local airport charges; or (c) a September 11th Security
Fee of $2.50 per enplanement originating at a U.S. airport.
International itineraries do not include governmental taxes and fees
(including U.S. government excise tax) of up to $125 per round trip.
Additionally, if sold in, or travel originates in a country outside of
the U.S., additional taxes may apply (up to 22% of the fare value per
country). Fares are capacity controlled and subject to availability,
and will be highly restricted around certain holiday periods.
Previously purchased tickets may not be exchanged for these new sale
fares. Certain restrictions apply. For best results, please book
early.
Spirit Airlines, Miramar
Misty Pinson, 954-918-9432
misty.pinson@spiritair.com
or
Juan Arbelaez E., 954-447-7856
juan.arbelaez@spiritair.com
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