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| Founded | 1980 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 31 | ||||||
| Destinations | 27 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Mirimar, Florida | ||||||
| Key people | Jacob M. Schorr, Chairman/CEO; B. Ben Baldanza, President/COO | ||||||
| Website | www.spiritair.com | ||||||
Template:End frame Spirit Airlines (IATA: NK, ICAO: NKS, call sign: Sprit Wings) is a US airline operating scheduled and charter service with headquarters in Miramar, Florida.
Destinations
- Atlanta, Georgia (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) (Service Starts 2/16)
- Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Cancún, Mexico
- Chicago (Chicago O'Hare International Airport)
- Dallas (Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport) (Service Starts 1/10)
- Detroit
- Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport)
- Fort Myers
- Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos (Service Starts 2/16)
- Kingston, Jamaica (Service Starts 11/10)
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport)
- Montego Bay, Jamaica (Service Starts 11/10)
- Myrtle Beach
- Nassau, Bahamas
- New York City/LaGuardia
- Orlando
- Providence (T. F. Green Airport)
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos (Service Starts 2/16)
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- San Salvador, Bahamas
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (Service Starts 2/16)
- Tampa
- Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
Seasonal Cities
Service Announcements
Spirit will start non-stop service between Nassau, Bahamas and NYC's LaGuardia Airport and Orlando International Airport on November 10th. They will also be starting service between Tampa International Airport and Cancún, Mexico on November 10th.
History
Spirit Airlines started out in 1980 as Charter One, a Detroit-based charter tour operator providing travel packages to entertainment destinations such as Atlantic City, Las Vegas and the Bahamas. In 1990, Charter One began scheduled service from Boston and Providence, R.I. to Atlantic City. On May 29, 1992 Charter One brought jet equipment into the fleet, changed its name to Spirit Airlines and inaugurated service from Detroit to Atlantic City.
In April 1993 Spirit Airlines began scheduled service to destinations in Florida. During the next five years Spirit expanded rapidly, increasing service from Detroit and adding service in new markets such as Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Los Angeles and New York.
Spirit relocated its headquarters in December 1999, moving from Eastpointe, Michigan. to Miramar, Florida. Expansion continued with the addition of the Chicago market as well as coast-to-coast service to Los Angeles.
In November 2001 Spirit inaugurated service to San Juan, Puerto Rico and implemented a fully-integrated Spanish-language customer service plan including a website and dedicated reservation line.
In 2002, Spirit brought new service to Denver, Colo. and Las Vegas, Nevada as well as expanded service in nearly every market. In the Fall of 2003, Spirit resumed flights to Washington, D.C’s Reagan National Airport, which ended after 9/11, and began service Cancun, Mexico.
In September 2002, Spirit introduced Spirit Plus, an upgraded coach class. The seats are leather and much larger than the Coach seats. The have 36' seat pitch, Dedicated Check-In counters at airports, Priority Boarding, and Complimentary Cocktails & Snacks. Though still widely considered lower in quality to some other domestic low-cost carriers, Spirit has been improving its image, service, and fleet.
In 2004 Spirit discontinued service to Denver, Colorado, citing high operatings costs, but added Santo Domingo and Providence to it's network.
In 2005, Spirit Airlines started it's biggest expansion yet, adding more destinations in the Caribbean and the Bahamas. By February 2006, Spirit's portfolio of holiday destinations in the regions will total ten. Spirit also plans on beginning service to Grand Cayman and Mexico City in 2006, and has filed DOT applications to do so.
Fleet
For every new Airbus plane Spirit recieves, the airline plans to retire MD-80's. They are working for an all Airbus fleet.
Syber Specials
Every couple of weeks, Spirit comes out with special sale fares on many of their flights. Most routes are discounted but certain flights are designated Syber Specials. Interested customers can sign up to receive e-mail that describes the discounted flights.
External link
- Spirit Airlines official site
- Spirit Airlines Fleet Detail
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