Flights to Haiti just got cheaper:
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Discount carrier Spirit Airlines will offer flights between Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Haiti’s capital beginning in March, the airline said.
The Fort Lauderdale-based airline will have three flights per week to Port-au-Prince starting March 22 and will offer daily flights starting in May, Spirit said in a statement. Spirit’s one-way fares between Fort Lauderdale and Port-au-Prince will start at US$93, according to its Web site, compared to US$255 for American Airlines flights. Barry Biffle, the airline’s chief marketing officer, said in a statement that the new service would give the 250,000 people of Haitian descent living in South Florida “a new low-fare option for travel.”
This is fantastic news for us traveling adoptive parents. It will also benefit humanitarian volunteers, ex-pat Haitians, and Haitians wanting to visit relatives in the United States of America. Maybe it will even encourage a little tourism for Haiti. What terrific news.
News courtesy of Yahoo News.
That is AWESOME news, for all the reasons you mentioned. Thanks for finding this, Wendy!
It is really exciting. If anything, it will make AA a little more competitive in their pricing. And that is a great thing.