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Miramar, Florida (January 18, 2010) – Spirit Airlines has completed its first relief effort flights to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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| (Spirit Airlines loads water from Food for the Poor, Southern Wine & Spirits of Florida, The City of Miramar, City of Miami Haitian Relief Task Force, and Bad Boys 4x4 Club for relief flights to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Source: Spirit Airlines) |
Spirit’s first flight departed Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International on Sunday afternoon loaded with 20,000 pounds of much-needed water for the people of Haiti. A second flight arrived in Port-au-Prince on Monday morning. The airline is currently working on a schedule for possible additional relief flights.
“We are working on several relief efforts,” says Spirit Airlines CEO and President Ben Baldanza. “We have already taken two flights full of water that is so desperately needed by our friends and neighbors who are suffering through this unimaginable tragedy.”
“Spirit is working with Food for the Poor and their local team in Port-au-Prince who has greeted both of our flights to coordinate delivery of the supplies to the Haitian people,” says Brian Davis, Spirit Airlines’ Senior Director of Airport Affairs who is on the ground in Haiti coordinating the efforts. “This ensures that the supplies are being distributed to those in need.”
The following organizations are assisting Spirit in this relief effort and have already delivered over 200 pallets of water to Spirit’s hanger:
· Food for the Poor and U-Haul of Margate delivered 20 pallets of water.
· Southern Wine & Spirits contributed 50 pallets of water.
· The City of Miramar and J.R. Transport over 60 pallets of water.
· City of Miami Haitian Relief Task Force delivered 74 pallets of water.
· Bad Boys 4x4 Club delivered 150 cases of water.
Spirit’s passenger flights to Port-au-Prince remain cancelled until the airport reopens to commercial passenger traffic.
About Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines, Inc. (www.spiritair.com) is the largest Ultra Low Cost Carrier (ULCC) in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Its all-Airbus fleet, the youngest in the Americas, flies more than 150 daily flights to 40 destinations. The company is based in Miramar, Florida.
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