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Spirit Airlines flying from 24 of July from Bogota to Ft Laud, by the end of the year from Ft Laud to Armenia and from next year two flights weekly to San Andres...

Hans from the Casa Viena just sent me the email

La aerolínea de bajo costo Spirit Airlines confirmó ayer que iniciará vuelos diarios entre Bogotá y Fort Lauderdale (Florida), a partir del 24 de julio, mientras que a Armenia lo hará a finales de este año.

La confirmación fue hecha ayer tarde por el director de Comunicaciones de esa compañía para América Latina Juan Arbeláez, quien llegó a la ciudad en compañía de un grupo de periodistas y camarógrafos de CNN, en español, que grabarán en esta capital dos especiales.

Arbeláez también reveló que el cuarto destino al que volarán en Colombia será San Andrés, isla a la que conectarán con territorio estadounidense a partir de mayo de 2009, con dos frecuencias semanales.

Estas nuevas rutas de Spirit, que se suman a la que desde el pasado 8 de mayo atienden entre Cartagena y Fort Lauderdale, serán atendidas con un Airbus (A319) con capacidad para 144 pasajeros.

CNN, EN CARTAGENA

Para promover aún más a Cartagena como destino, la compañía Spirit invitó a esta capital a un equipo periodístico de la cadena CNN en Español quienes permanecerán en la ciudad hasta el próximo domingo recorriendo sitios de interés, entre ellos las Islas del Rosario.

Esta cadena estadounidense grabará dos especiales en la ciudad, uno sobre negocios y eventos, y otro sobre decoración, moda y arquitectura.

kelvin

By gorgonabob on Jun 11, 2008, 06:53 in Friendly Talkzone.

Peter (Moderator) says on Jun 11, 2008, 07:02:

Is Fort Lauderdale easy to get to from other places in the USA?

Poor but snappy

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gorgonabob says on Jun 11, 2008, 07:08:

very...

taking over from miami really as a low cost airline hub. and only 30-40 minutes from Miami. probably closer to Miama than Rionegro is to Medellin

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mcheasley says on Jun 11, 2008, 07:13:

Peter, FLL = Ft lauderdale is a major Intl airport and easy to get around in...

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arthur brode says on Jun 11, 2008, 08:03:

i didnt even know Armenia had an airport lol

http://www.calirentals.net/

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panthdave says on Jun 11, 2008, 08:42:

Again nothing for Cali or Medellin...Shame...

panthdave Miami

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nine inch nails says on Jun 11, 2008, 08:56:

Are you kidding us?

Would be great to fly direct into some of the smaller cities.

get down, get down. are you afraid of the boogie monster?

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gimmedub says on Jun 11, 2008, 15:16:

i think they're partnering with aires (www.aires.aero) for their connections...

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BillBigD says on Jun 11, 2008, 16:40:

Gimmedub- That makes sense. I doubt they would fly there direct.

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gorgonabob says on Jun 12, 2008, 07:17:

of course they will be flying direct

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gorgonabob says on Jun 12, 2008, 07:18:

theres almost 5 million people in a 100km radius of Armenia, 5 million... that does not deserve a direct connection.. come on

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arfgoblue says on Jun 18, 2008, 18:13:

Armenia doesn't even have an international airport, so what you are stating gorgabob is an impossibility. However, I can confirm that service to BOG is starting July 24th...it was even today added to the drop down list of destination on spiritair.com. their normally crazy sale is sure to follow soon thereafter...

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