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the american airline Spirit Airlines suspends its flights between Fort Lauderdale y Guayaquil from next February, flights would return as seasonal in the future.
Within a complex economic panorama for the airline that required it to enter the process of Chapter 11, the scissors begin to arrive in various routes, Among the first known to be suspended is the always in-demand route between the Jose Joaquin de Olmedo Airport y Fort Lauderdale.
This year has not been easy for Ecuadorian aviation, we have lost several airlines and routes, but with the news that I write at this moment, Ecuador remains without direct connection with Fort Lauderdale, which made a good alternative to avoid the collapsed and delayed miami airport as a port of entry to Florida.
Spirit Airlines suspends flights to Guayaquil
The alert was given by several of the blog readers, which led me to contact Spirit's headquarters directly to confirm what their reservation system already states.: Their flights stop operating in February 2025.
Although each case is different from the airlines that have left the country, Let us also remember that JetBlue has already stopped flying to Quito from Fort Lauderdale and in January he will also leave Guayaquil also for economic reasons of the airline, but there is a repeating pattern, Our country has lost attractiveness for all the reasons that are public knowledge and when deciding where to optimize resources, we appear immediately on the map.
Why is Spirit leaving Guayaquil??
In exclusive, This blog had access to an official statement from the airline, which, having been consulted about this panorama, indicated the following:
We routinely evaluate our network and make adjustments to support the company's business strategy based on current operating and market conditions. As part of this normal course evaluation, We have updated our upcoming schedule to focus on our best performing routes, including the transition of our service in Guayaquil (GYE) to a seasonal service. Our daily flight between GYE and Fort Lauderdale (FLL) will operate until 11 February 2025 and we anticipate resuming seasonal service on GYE later in 2025. We apologize for any inconvenience and will notify passengers with affected travel plans about their options..
Let us now remember that Spirit Airlines began its flights in Guayaquil on 22 march 2018 with a daily flight on Airbus A319 aircraft, A320 and A321, Since then its operation was constant, achieving important numbers with an average occupancy of 86% during and 2023.
Now and as the statement indicates, there are adjustments to make due to operating conditions, Let's remember that the airline is flying fewer and fewer planes, and also market conditions. The positive here and what I will be attentive to report, These will be the announced seasonal flights that could occur during the high holiday travel season on the coast and also in christmas and new year.
This news leaves a void on the route map of our country, but it also opens possibilities for other airlines in more solid financial situations to take this space or, failing that,, that the operations towards Miami are increased.
One more bad news to almost close the 2024, but I will be attentive to report future routes and recovery of our connectivity.
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