FORT LAUDERDALE – Spirit Airlines will begin nonstop service from its Fort Lauderdale hub to Port-au-Prince, 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 Fête Champête and am eagerly anticipating my first Marti Gras back home in years!”
“Spirit Airlines continues to expand its international service at an amazing rate,” said Interim Aviation Director, Bob Bielek. “Fort Lauderdale is grateful that Spirit is meeting an untapped demand in Broward County.”
