Carnival Air Lines' "Turkey Day Sale" slashes Thanksgiving fares to $69 each way on flights between New York and South Florida.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1996--Carnival Air Lines, a leader in low-fare air transportation, has slashed slash v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr. 1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. the cost of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. holiday travel on select routes between New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and South Florida. With the airline's "Turkey Day Sale," passengers can fly between JFK (New York) and Fort Lauderdale, Miami or Palm Beach - or between Islip (Long Island, N.Y.) and Fort Lauderdale, Orlando or Tampa - for $69 each way, based on a round-trip purchase. The fare does not require advance purchase. Travel must commence Thursday, Nov. 28 and end Friday, Nov. 29. "Our Turkey Day Sale is perfect for a quick Thanksgiving getaway - even if it's only for a few short hours to enjoy mom's delicious stuffing and sweet potatoes sweet potato, trailing perennial plant (Ipomoea batatas) of the family Convolvulaceae (morning glory family), native to the New World tropics. Cultivated from ancient times by the Aztecs for its edible tubers, it was introduced into Europe in the 16th cent. ," said Carnival Air Line's Executive Vice President Bruce Mainzer. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Carnival Air Lines Carnival Air Lines was a charter and low-cost air division of Carnival Cruise Lines started in 1988 after Carnival Cruise Lines purchased Pacific Interstate Airlines. History is the largest scheduled passenger airline headquartered in Florida. Launched in 1988, the low-fare, full-service carrier operates 26 jets with more than 60 daily scheduled departures between the Northeast, Florida, California and the Caribbean. For additional information, contact your travel agent, call Carnival Air Lines at 1-800-8-AIRFUN, or visit our Internet site at http://www.carnivalair.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: In the World Wide Web address noted in this news release, there is a double slash between http: and www.carnivalair.com. These symbols may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: Carnival Air Lines, Fort Lauderdale Gabriel Gabor, 954/923-8672, ext. 2238 |
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