The Spirit of St. Maarten/St. Martin Arrives at Princess Juliana International Airport!
New nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale and St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles starts today
Celebratory Fares Starting at $99 Each Way*
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (April 20, 2007) - Spirit Airlines today inaugurated 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 today to highlight the celebration.
"This is a very exciting day for us as St. Maarten marks our 14th 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.
Fares:
To celebrate the new service, Spirit is offering sale fares starting at $99 each way* 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.
To St. Maarten from: Fares from Dates Available
Fort Lauderdale $99* For travel Sundays through November 16, 2007
From St. Maarten to: Fares from Dates Available
Fort Lauderdale $99* For travel Fridays through November 16, 2007
Schedule for nonstop service effective April 20, 2007:
To St. Maarten from: Depart Arrive Flight Number Stops Frequency
Fort Lauderdale 11:00 am 1:50 pm 100 0 Fri/Sat/Sun
From St. Maarten to: Depart Arrive Flight Number Stops Frequency
Fort Lauderdale 2:40 pm 5:55 pm 777 0 Fri/Sat/Sun
About Spirit Airlines
Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines is the largest Ultra Low Cost Carrier (ULCC) serving the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States with 34 destinations. For the 411 on fares, schedules and reservations go to spiritair.com or call 1-800-772-7117 (en Espaņol, 1-800-756-7117).
* Fares must be booked by 11:59 PM ET on April 30, 2007 for travel from Fort Lauderdale to St. Maarten on Sundays only and from St. Maarten to Fort Lauderdale on Fridays only between April 27, 2007 and November 16, 2007. Fares are for coach class travel and reflect the spiritair.com discount. Fares are each way based on roundtrip purchase, and roundtrip travel is required, but these fares may be combined with other valid and applicable Spirit Airlines fares on other days of the week. A 3-day advanced purchase is required on all fares. All fares listed on spiritair.com are per customer for each way of travel and include the base fare plus a federal excise tax. Fares do not include (a) a segment tax of $3.40 per U.S. domestic flight segment (a flight segment is defined as one takeoff and landing) of a passenger's itinerary; (b) up to $18 per round trip in local airport charges; or (c) a September 11th Security Fee of $2.50 per enplanement originating at a U.S. airport. International itineraries do not include governmental taxes and fees (including U.S. government excise tax) of up to $125 per round trip. Additionally, if sold in, or travel originates in a country outside of the U.S., additional taxes may apply (up to 22% of the fare value per country). Fares are subject to availability and may not be available on all flights or on all days, and will be highly 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.
