Spirit Airlines is a United States ultra-low-cost airline operating scheduled flights throughout the Americas. The airline is headquartered in Miramar, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit currently maintains bases in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Detroit, Michigan; and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Over half of the airline's flights are to destinations in the Bahamas, Caribbean, and Latin America.
Spirit Airlines was founded in 1980 in Macom...
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Spirit Airlines is a United States ultra-low-cost airline operating scheduled flights throughout the Americas. The airline is headquartered in Miramar, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit currently maintains bases in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Detroit, Michigan; and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Over half of the airline's flights are to destinations in the Bahamas, Caribbean, and Latin America.
Spirit Airlines was founded in 1980 in Macomb County, Michigan, as Charter One, a Detroit-based charter tour operator providing travel packages to entertainment destinations such as Atlantic City, Las Vegas and the Bahamas. In 1990, Charter One began scheduled service from Boston and Providence, R.I., to Atlantic City. On May 29, 1992, Charter One brought jet equipment into the fleet, changed its name to Spirit Airlines and inaugurated service from Detroit to Atlantic City.
In April 1993, Spirit Airlines began scheduled service to destinations in Florida. During the next five years,...
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