Spirit Airlines Expands Colombia Network; Begins Service To Medellin

$.08 Introductory Fares* Available At www.spiritair.com

Miramar, Florida (March 02, 2009) –Ultra low cost carrier Spirit Airlines this weekend expanded its Colombia network with new daily non-stop service from its Fort Lauderdale home to Medellín, Colombia, including connections from 16 cities in the United States.  This new service complements Spirit’s current service to Colombia, including Bogota and Cartagena, which were inaugurated in 2008.

Spirit is celebrating the new service with fares from as low as $.08* available through March 3, 2009, at www.spiritair.com

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The daily service will be operated with Spirit’s fleet of Airbus A319s, the youngest in the Americas.

“We are extremely pleased to be able to liberate millions of Colombians from high fares as we’ve already done in Cartagena, Bogota and other cities in the region,” said Spirit Airlines Chief Marketing Officer Barry Biffle.

Referring to the new Spirit Airlines flight to Medellín, Oscar Rueda García, Vice Minister of Tourism of Colombia said:  “Spirit’s arrival marks a new stage in the history of tourism in Medellín and Antioquia, and we are looking forward to these excellent fares in promoting tourism to the country.  This new stage of flying began to Cartagena this past May 8, 2008, and to Bogota this past July 24, 2008.”

“It is good news for Medellín to count on a new company with competitive prices that will invigorate and increase the tourism sector to our city, allowing us to advance in our effort to build a more global city,” said Medellín Mayor Alonso Salazar Jaramillo. 

Introductory Fares*

Schedule for Spirit’s Fort Lauderdale-Medellín Service Effective March 1, 2009:

Service is subject to foreign government approval.

Flights arrive and depart Medellín one hour later March 1-8, 2009.

Connections: Aguadilla, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Myrtle Beach, New York-La Guardia, Orlando, Ponce, San Juan, Tampa and Washington, DC.

About Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines, Inc. (www.spiritair.com) is the largest Ultra Low Cost Carrier (ULCC) in the United States, Latin America and Caribbean.  Its all-Airbus fleet, the youngest in the Americas, flies more than 150 daily flights to 39 destinations.  The company is based in Miramar, Florida, and employs 2,300 professionals.

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*Individual travel-date specific fares must be booked on spiritair.com by 11:59 PM ET on March 3, 2009 for travel on the dates as specified by individual market and by market direction. To be eligible to purchase the lowest of these fares you must be a member of the Spirit Airlines $9 Fare Club -- please see spiritair.com for details. Date-specific $.08 fares to and from Medellin, Colombia are available for purchase originating ONLY in the United States of America. Date-specific fares to and from Medellin, Colombia originating in Colombia will be $39.00 each way. Fares are for coach class travel unless otherwise specified 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 dates of travel. Not all markets are operated on a daily basis during the travel period, or necessarily for the entire travel period -- please see spiritair.com for details. All customers are allowed one free carry-on bag. Fees for bags paid in advance online at www.spiritair.com are $15 each way for the first bag only. The fee for Bag 2 is $25 each way, and items 3 thru 5 are $100.00 per item each way. When paying at the airport, fees for the first and second bags are $25 per bag each way. There is no charge to check wheelchairs, strollers, car seats, or other assistive devices. Items that are overweight or oversized will continue to be weighed and sized at the airport, and fees collected when checking in. Golf club and boxes/containers are acceptable and can be prepaid online provided they meet weight and or size restrictions. Additional bags can be pre-purchased at any time provided inventory is available. (No less than one (1) hour prior to departure). All checked baggage fees are non-refundable. Customers involved in a stop-over flight that involves a connection of over 4 hours will be charged based on point to point travel. All fares listed on spiritair.com are per customer for each way of travel and include the base fare plus a federal excise tax and all fuel surcharges. Fares do not include (a) a segment tax of $3.50 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.