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Los Angeles Has More Spirit! Spirit Airlines Connects Los Angeles to the Caribbean with Fares as Low as $149

Business Wire, Sept 12, 2005

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Spirit Airlines announces new non-stop, daily service from Los Angeles International Airport to Fort Lauderdale with convenient connections to the Caribbean. Service starts February 23, 2006. The service features new Airbus A319 equipment with all leather interiors and two class cabin service including Spirit Plus Business Class which provides an extra six inches of width and legroom vs coach. Spirit's hub in Fort Lauderdale offers connections to eleven, tropical destinations: Cancun, Mexico, Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, Grand Turk and Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Kingston and Montego Bay in Jamaica, Nassau and San Salvador in the Bahamas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This new service will augment Spirit's existing service from Los Angeles (LAX) to Detroit with connecting service to NY/LaGuardia, Orlando, and Washington, D.C./Reagan National.

"We are ecstatic to offer awesome low fares to the Caribbean from LA," said Barry Biffle, Chief Marketing Officer of Spirit Airlines. "We're breaking the rules for low fare carriers by offering all leather, 2 class-service on our new Airbus equipment from LA to numerous Caribbean destinations."

These high season introductory fares are available for travel Monday through Thursday only and must be booked on spiritair.com by September 30, 2005. Fares and schedules are available at spiritair.com or by calling 1-800-772-7117 and will be available in other distribution channels by mid-week:

Los Angeles To/From               Coach              Spirit Plus,
                                                    Business Class
Fort Lauderdale           from $99(A) each way   from $249(A) each way
Nassau, Bahamas           from $149(A) each way  from $349(A) each way
Cancun, Mexico            from $189(A) each way  from $349(A) each way
Kingston, Jamaica         from $189(A) each way  from $349(A) each way
Montego Bay, Jamaica      from $189(A) each way  from $349(A) each way
Grand Cayman, Cayman      from $199(A) each way  from $399(A) each way
 Islands
San Juan, Puerto Rico     from $199(A) each way  from $399(A) each way
Santo Domingo             from $199(A) each way  from $399(A) each way
Grand Turk, Turks and     from $249(A) each way  from $399(A) each way
 Caicos
Providenciales, Turks and from $249(A) each way  from $399(A) each way
 Caicos
St. Thomas, US Virgin     from $249(A) each way  from $399(A) each way
 Islands

    (A) Fares must be booked on spiritair.com by 11:59 PM ET on
September 30, 2005. Fares reflect the spiritair.com discount. Fares
are for coach class and are each way based on round-trip purchase,
and roundtrip travel is required. Fares do not include (a) a segment
tax of $3.20 per U.S. domestic flight segment of a passenger's
itinerary: a flight segment is defined as one takeoff and landing;
(b) up to $18 per round trip in local airport charges; and (c)
September 11th Security Fee of $2.50 per enplanement originating at
a U.S. airport, up to $5 per one way or $10 per round trip. Virgin
Island / Puerto Rico fares do not include government taxes and fees
of $14.10 each way. International fares do not include Government
taxes and fees up to $125 per round trip. Fares are subject to
availability and may not be available on all flights on all days.
Certain restrictions apply. For best results, please book early.
Schedules effective February 23, 2006 (including existing service):

From LAX to:                           Depart     Arrive         Stops
Fort Lauderdale                        11:55pm    7:45am            0
Fort Lauderdale                        10:40pm   10:05am         1/DTW
Cancun, Mexico                         10:40pm     1:25pm        1/FLL
Cancun, Mexico                         11:55pm   11:50am         1/FLL
Detroit                                10:40pm    6:00am            0
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands           11:55pm    12:15pm        1/FLL
Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos (2)         11:55pm  12:45pm (2)      1/FLL
Kingston, Jamaica                      11:55pm     1:10pm        1/FLL
Montego Bay, Jamaica                   11:55pm    12:40pm        1/FLL
Nassau, Bahamas                        11:55pm   11:55am         1/FLL
New York/LaGuardia                     10:40pm    8:45am         1/DTW
Orlando                                10:40pm   10:25am         1/DTW
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos         11:55pm  12:35pm (1)      1/FLL
San Juan, Puerto Rico                  11:55pm     2:10pm        1/FLL
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic      11:55pm     2:10pm        1/FLL
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands          11:55pm     2:30pm        1/FLL
Washington, D.C/Reagan National        10:40pm    9:55am         1/DTW

    Arrives next day.
(1) Wednesday/Sunday service makes an additional stop in Grand Turk.
(2) Grand Turk service is Wednesday and Sunday only.
To LAX from:                           Depart     Arrive         Stops
Fort Lauderdale                         8:00pm     10:45pm          0
Fort Lauderdale                        12:15pm      9:40pm       1/DTW
Cancun, Mexico                         12:50pm      9:40pm       1/FLL
Cancun, Mexico                          2:30pm     10:45pm       1/FLL
Detroit                                 7:40pm      9:40pm          0
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands            2:20pm     10:45pm       1/FLL
Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos (2)          1:30pm     10:45pm       1/FLL
Kingston, Jamaica                       3:00pm     10:45pm       1/FLL
Montego Bay, Jamaica                    3:35pm     10:45pm       1/FLL
Nassau, Bahamas                       10:00am      10:45pm       1/FLL
New York/LaGuardia                      4:35pm      9:40pm       1/DTW
Orlando                                 3:10pm      9:40pm       1/DTW
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos          3:00pm     10:45pm       1/FLL
San Juan, Puerto Rico                   4:10pm     10:45pm       1/FLL
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic       3:45pm     10:45pm       1/FLL
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands           3:30pm     10:45pm       1/FLL
Washington, D.C/Reagan National         5:05pm      9:40pm       1/DTW

(2) Grand Turk service is Wednesday and Sunday only.
 

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