Aerolíneas de EEUU suspenden rutas a Puerto Príncipe en Haití
Las aerolíneas estadounidenses Spirit Airlines, Jet Blue y American Airlines cancelaron sus vuelos a Puerto Príncipe luego de las violentas protestas ocurridas en la capital de Haití y otros puntos del país que han dejado al menos tres muertos. Las manifestaciones violentas han supuesto además el incendio de varias estaciones de combustibles, el ataque a […]
Spirit Airlines offering new flights from North Carolina to Florida
Spirit Airlines will be offering new flights from North Carolina to Florida in September. Spirit plans to offer flights three times a week between Piedmont Triad International Airport near Greensboro and Orlando International Airport starting Sept. 7. The Miramar, Florida-based airline will also offer flights twice a week from the Greensboro-area airport to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood […]
US airlines"™ 1Q profits down 27% as expenses outpace revenues
Airlines eye retiring older aircraft if fuel costs continue to rise Pre-tax earnings for US airlines fell 27%"”down approximately $700 million year-over-year"”in the first quarter of 2018, as fuel, labor, airport and aircraft expenses outpaced revenues, according to an industry overview by Airlines for America (A4A) released May 23. The US airline industry, of which […]
Spirit Airlines becomes first ULCC in the Americas with connectivity
Spirit Airlines, an ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC) serving the US, Latin America and the Caribbean, has announced that it will be fitting the Thales FlytLIVE connectivity system across its fleet of A319, A320 and A321 aircraft. Spirit and Thales are partnering to offer Ka-band high-throughput connectivity, with the FlytLIVE service using SES"™ and Hughes Network […]
Estadounidense Spirit Airlines planea ocupación del 90% en vuelos a Guayaquil
La aerolínea estadounidense Spirit Airlines aspira a lograr un margen de ocupación superior al 90% en la ruta Fort Lauderdale-Guayaquil, que planea abrir en marzo próximo. Un vocero de la aerolínea, considerada de bajo costo (low cost), indicó que la compañía sigue sus planes de comenzar a volar a partir del 22 de marzo, con […]
Ecuador"™s aviation market has shrunk 27% since 2013, reaching a decade low last year; Condor and Spirit Airlines planning to shake things up
Ecuador, home to just under 16.39 million inhabitants, is South America"™s sixth largest aviation market with regards to seat capacity, offering 13.52 million seats in 2017, behind Peru in fifth (39.16 million seats last year) but ahead of Venezuela in seventh (11.08 million). The nation is served by nine airports which offered over 50,000 departing […]
Spirit Airlines adds new international routes to Ecuador, Haiti
Spirit Airlines is adding two international destinations to its network with service to new cities in Ecuador and Haiti. The routes will launch from Fort Lauderdale this spring, expanding what is already Spirit"™s largest base of operation. On March 22, Spirit will begin flying from Fort Lauderdale to Guayaquil, Ecuador. The carrier will fly one […]
España:Los nuevos asientos en vuelos directos a México alcanzan los 2,6 millones
El número de asientos de los vuelos con España aumenta un 15% y las frecuencias suben un 13%. Las aerolíneas y los operadores turísticos continúan expandiendo su capacidad debido a la gran demanda y el potencial comercial. El Consejo de Promoción Turística de México ha anunciado que la conectividad de las líneas aéreas internacionales a […]
Spirit Airlines, primera aerolínea "˜low cost"™ que volará hacia Guayaquil
Spirit Airlines volará a Guayaquil. Es la primera aerolínea de tipo ‘low cost’ (bajo costo) que operará en el aeropuerto internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo a mediados de marzo del 2018. La operación de la ruta Fort Lauderdale – Guayaquil aún está pendiente de la aprobación de los reguladores aeronáuticos de Ecuador. Sobre este punto, […]
Spirit Airlines CEO Will Step Down in 2019
Spirit Airlines Inc."™s chief executive officer said he"™ll stay in the job one more year before handing leadership of the deep discounter to its current finance chief, the company said Wednesday. Robert Fornaro, 64, who took over at the airline early last year following the ouster of its previous CEO, will cede the job to […]
