Skip to content
Go to Home Page
News

Spirit is The Latest Airline to Axe Cuba Service

Nick Ellis
Articles
Nick Ellis joined The Points Guy in 2016 as an intern and is now Reviews Editor, primarily responsible for arranging, writing (some of), editing and publishing reviews of hotels and airport lounges along with helping manage, write and edit travel content.
April 14, 2017
•
1 min read
Spirit Airlines' Pilots Reach Contract Agreement, Strike Ends
Spirit is The Latest Airline to Axe Cuba Service
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page.
Sign up for our daily newsletter

Spirit Airlines has been flying two nonstop flights daily between Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Havana (HAV) since December 1, 2016. TPG himself even flew the route after a recent trip to Cuba. But, like a few other airlines, Spirit has realized that the demand for Cuba flights isn't as strong as airlines predicted when they originally announced their desired routes a little over a year ago.

Spirit's ending its service to Havana June 1, and it's going to fly only once daily from FLL during the month of May, except from May 25-31, when it will operate its current twice-daily service. This move is the latest reduction of service to the island nation. Both American Airlines and JetBlue have announced cuts in capacity to Cuba, while Silver Airways and Frontier (and now Spirit) will soon pull out of the market completely.

H/T: Sun Sentinel

Featured image by Getty Images