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Spirit Airlines launches new nonstop service to St Maarten

Published on Saturday, April 21, 2007 Email To Friend    Print Version

FORT LAUDERDALE, USA:  Spirit Airlines has inaugurated its new nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale and St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. Service will be offered three times weekly on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

In addition to nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale, Spirit also offers connecting service from its domestic network. Spirit serves all routes with its fleet of Airbus aircraft, the youngest in the Americas.

To celebrate the new service, Spirit Airlines dedicated one of its A319 aircraft to the region by naming it “The Spirit of St Maarten/St Martin”. The aircraft arrived on the island Friday to highlight the celebration.

“This is a very exciting day for us as St Maarten marks our fourteenth Caribbean destination served,” said Mark Kopczak, Senior Director of Network Planning for Spirit Airlines. “We proudly dedicated one of our new Airbus aircraft to this island paradise to show our commitment to providing ultra low fares and reliable service to the region.”

“It is said that air service is a lifeline to tourism growth for emerging islands like St Maarten/St Martin, and we are elated that Spirit Airlines is now operating three weekly year-round direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to St Maarten,” said St Maarten Tourism Director, Regina LaBega.

To celebrate the new service, Spirit is offering sale fares for nonstop flights between Fort Lauderdale and St Maarten. Fares must be purchased at spiritair.com by April 30, 2007 for travel on select days.
 
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