Unusual? I thought that was SOP...

 

Just read a article that Spirit bought Air Jamaica and renaming it Spirit of Jamaica...anyone confirm this. I know Air Jamaica was being sold

 

So....I was going through the FLL August bid package on my commute back home today and it appears that Lima may be officially going away???

Take a look at pairing F4541 on Monday, August 31st:

MO 977 FLL-LIM 1715-2158 319 5:43

TU DH AA918 LIM-MIA 2325-0610 AAL (American Airlines!)
WE DH LIMO MIA-FLL 0700-0745

I know BBB hinted that Lima may go away in a recent article. Anybody know the official scoop?

 

"Miami Center...Spirit Wings Eight-Ninety-One (AIR JAMAICA COLORS)!!!...."

 

Not that I plan spirit schedules around Orbitz, but Orbitz still shows it for sept and oct.

 

Yeah, I've heard the execs whining about LIM, LAX, and LAS because it's harder for them to actually charge what those routes are worth because it's so damn far in terms of fuel, labor, etc...whereas stuff like FLL-MCO and FLL-TPA is very profitable as they can even overcharge what these routes actually cost them to fly. On top of that...any luggage or other ancillary revenue is higher bang for the buck. They got $25 dollars in bag fees from a passenger for 50 minutes...then the clock restarts and they can get money from the next passenger...whereas the LIM passenger paid their 25 dollars for a bag...and now that's it for the next 5 hours. Isn't nonticket revenue 30% of our income now? I wonder how bag fees and all of our "extras" fit into the balance sheet. My favorite part is how they continue to sell tickets to destinations they know they'll close and then just pull the rug from out underneath the customer at the last minute. Kind of like other things they do too!

 

LOL, just to add more color to this already colorful fleet !!!!

 

Am I missing something? Or are we just leaving the AC down in Lima?

 

There would already be a crew in Lima from the night before to take that plane home

 

I guess the last crew will just DH back?