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Old 07-02-2012 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by northdakota
Glad to see we are hiring estupidos who care about bed bugs. This is espirit. We are supposed to be partying having fun. Don't f up the culture. We are hiring flight attendants btw.
? It's a little too early for me to figure out if this is sarcasm or flame bait, I'm guessing sarcasm, tho.

On a different note, looks like we're adding some to DFW.

News for 'SAVE' - (Spirit to add five destinations from DFW)


Jul 03, 2012 (Fort Worth Star-Telegram - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
via COMTEX) -- Spirit Airlines is growing again at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.

The low-fare airline, known for its $9 promotional fares and $45 fees for
carry-on bags, will announce today that it plans to add five destinations from
DFW, including Baltimore and Houston.

The move will make DFW Spirit's second-largest hub, behind Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
In a little over a year since it started flying out of DFW, Spirit will have
more than 25 daily flights to 20 destinations, including Atlanta, Boston,
Chicago, Las Vegas and Portland, Ore.

The Baltimore and Houston flights will begin in September. Service from DFW to
Oakland, Calif., and Los Angeles will begin in April. And Spirit has filed
paperwork with the Transportation Department to add flights to Cancun, Mexico.

Chief Marketing Officer Barry Biffle said that customer response to its service
at DFW has been great and that the airline is operating at load factors over 90
percent.

Biffle said Spirit has been looking to add Houston for five years and believes
it can offer leisure travelers a lower fare, even with Spirit's fees for bags,
meals and seats. The airline will serve Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport.

"The people we're bringing on couldn't fly at all or couldn't fly as often,"
Biffle said. "On average, we drop the fares by 40 percent in a market."

Biffle said the growth at DFW is part of the airline's strategy to boosincrease
capacity by about 15 percent each year. It is adding seven Airbus jets to its
fleet annually, which translates to about 20 new routes, he said.