Spirit to offer direct flights between Medellín and Florida

U.S. airline company Spirit Airlines says it will be offering cheap direct flights between Medellín and Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2009.


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The airline company says it will start the flights in March. As a start-up discount, Spirit offers tickets for the maximum price of US$93, depending on teh season and how much in adance is booked. Taxes are excluded from the price.

Colombia’s Ministry of Tourism welcomes Spirit’s decision. “The arrival of Spirit marks a new era in the history of tourism in Medellín and Antioquia. We are now hoping the best prices will allow more tourism in the region and the country,” vice-Minister of Tourism Oscar Rueda Garcia told newspaper El Tiempo.

Spirit Airlines already has direct flights to Bogotá and Cartagena.

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