REMINDER/Fort Lauderdale's Hometown Airline, Spirit Airlines Departs for the North Pole to Visit Santa.Business Editors/Travel Writers REMINDER...for Sunday (Dec. 8) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
What: Spirit Airlines and Stanley C. Panther of the Florida
Panthers greet children and their families from Joe DiMaggio
Children's Hospital for a special holiday flight to the North
Pole.
When: Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Terminal 4, Gate H3 - Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood
International Airport Spirit's North Pole Check-In Area
Photo Opportunities: 30 children and their families will be greeted at the North Pole North Pole, northern end of the earth's axis, lat. 90°N. It is distinguished from the north magnetic pole. U.S. explorer Robert E. Peary is traditionally credited as being the first to reach (1909) the North Pole. In 1926, Richard E. gate area by Stanley C. Panther of the Florida Panthers For the animal species by this name, see . The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida suburb of Sunrise. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). . Following boarding they will "take off" to see Santa. The plane will be met by fire trucks with a celebratory water cascade and greeted by Santa. Santa will then escort the special passengers to a reception area at the airport for a holiday party with goodies and gifts provided by Spirit Airlines. The Rest of the Story: This North Pole program is in its 16th year and was founded by the Eastern Airlines Silverliners. The tradition is carried on by the Basette's, a 30-member organization of Broward aviation sales executives who are in the 21st year of doing good deeds for the Broward County community. Ed Nelson, director of the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, will play the part of Santa and Alice Parkman, director of sales and marketing at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale/Sunrise will play the part of Mrs. Claus Mrs. Claus is a folk hero, and is the wife of Santa Claus in many modern versions of the Santa Claus legend. In many current versions of the mythos, Mrs. Claus lives with her husband and assists with the production of Santa's toys, sometimes overseeing their production by . "As Fort Lauderdale's hometown airline, we are thrilled to be able to reach out into the community again this year and give these special kids a treat. We very much appreciate the support of Broward Aviation as well as the Florida Panthers and our own spirited team and others to make all of this happen," said Tom Anderson For the related name Thomas Anderson, see . Tom Anderson refers to several people:
Media Notes: Please contact Laura Bennett Laura Bennett (born August 2, 1963 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American architect and fashion designer and one of the four finalists on Season 3 of the Bravo series Project Runway. at 407-425-6040 or via email at laura@bennettandco.com if you plan to attend the event for security access instructions. About Spirit Airlines Headquartered in 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., Spirit Airlines is the largest privately-held airline in the U.S. With a fleet of modern aircraft for scheduled and charter service, Spirit brings low fares and friendly service to Atlantic City Atlantic City, city (1990 pop. 37,986), Atlantic co., SE N.J., an Atlantic resort and convention center; settled c.1790, inc. 1854. Situated on Absecon Island, a barrier island 10 mi (16. , N.J., Chicago/O'Hare, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Myrtle Beach, S.C., New York/LaGuardia, Oakland, Calif., San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (IPA: [saŋ hwaŋ]) (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, "Saint John the Baptist") is the capital and largest municipality on Puerto Rico. and the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach (seasonal service). Spirit's website is http://www.spiritair.com. |
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