Spirit Airlines Announces Nonstop Service to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Introductory Fares Start at 5 Cents(A) Each Way 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 proud to announce new nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. service from its Fort Lauderdale hub to Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince (pôrt-ə-prĭns`, Fr. pôr-tō-prăNs`), city (1995 est. pop. 846,200), capital of Haiti, SW Haiti, on a bay at the end of the Gulf of Gonaïves. , Haiti beginning March 22, 2007. Spirit will initially offer service three times weekly to Port-au-Prince increasing to daily service on May 1, 2007. Port-au-Prince will be Spirit's 14th Caribbean destination and 31st destination overall. Spirit Airlines will serve Haiti with its fleet of new Airbus Aircraft, the youngest in the Americas. "With the addition of Haiti to our route map, Spirit is continuing to demonstrate its commitment to providing the Caribbean with great, low fare service," said Barry Biffle, Chief Marketing Officer of Spirit Airlines. "The nearly 250,000 Haitians living in South Florida and millions in Haiti will have a new low fare option for travel." "I'm so pleased with the news of Spirit's new service to my country, my Haiti cherie," said Marjorie Lezeau, Group Specialist for Spirit Airlines. "Now I have the option of traveling to see family and friends in Haiti for both Easter and Fete Champete and am eagerly anticipating my first Marti Gras back home in years!" "Spirit Airlines continues to expand its international service at an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. rate," said Interim Aviation Director, Bob Bielek. "Fort Lauderdale is grateful that Spirit is meeting an untapped demand in Broward County." [TABLE OMITTED] (B) Flights arrive/depart Port-au-Prince one hour later effective April 1, 2007. [TABLE OMITTED] Spirit Airlines announced this week new service to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . Also recently announced, new service filings for Caracas, Venezuela and St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles, island group, an autonomous part of the Netherlands (2005 est. pop. 220,000), 371 sq mi (961 sq km), West Indies. Formerly known as the Dutch West Indies and Netherlands West Indies, they are divided into two groups. . Fares: Introductory coach fares between Fort Lauderdale and Port-au-Prince, Haiti start at 5 cents(A) each way when purchased at spiritair.com by January 19, 2007 for travel on select dates. Fares for all other markets are available at spiritair.com. About Spirit Airlines Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines, with hubs in Fort Lauderdale and Detroit, offers its outstanding low fare service to 31 cities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. For the 411 on fares, schedules and reservations go to spiritair.com or call 1-800-772-7117 (en Espanol, 1-800-756-7117). (A) 5 cent and 5 cent per mile fares must be booked on spiritair.com by 11:59 PM ET on January 19, 2007 for travel on the dates as specified by individual market and by market direction. Fares are each way based on roundtrip round·trip or round-trip also round trip n. A trip from one place to another and back, usually over the same route. purchase, and roundtrip travel is required on the dates specified to and from each origin and destination city, but they may be combined with any other valid and applicable Spirit Airlines fare. All fares are for coach class travel and reflect the spiritair.com discount. A 7-day advanced purchase is required on all fares. 5 cents per mile flown claim is based on data obtained and publicly available from OAG OAG Office of the Attorney General OAG Office of the Auditor General (of Canada) OAG Official Airline Guide OAG Open-Angle Glaucoma OAG Open Application Group OAG Operational Advisory Group for standard non-stop flights A non-stop flight in the aviation industry refers to any flight which does not involve any intermediate stops. Many laymen mistakenly assume that a "direct flight" is similar to a "non-stop flight". between the listed origin and destination. Fares do not include (a) a segment tax of $3.30 per U.S. domestic flight segment of a passenger's itinerary: a flight segment is defined as one takeoff and landing; (b) up to $18 per roundtrip in local airport charges; and (c) September 11th Security Fee of $2.50 per enplanement originating at a U.S. airport, up to $5 per one way or $10 per roundtrip. Virgin Island / Puerto Rico fares do not include government taxes and fees of $14.50. International fares do not include government taxes and fees up to $125 per roundtrip. Fares are subject to availability and may not be available on all flights or on all days, and may be severely 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. |
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