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Spirit Airlines turns to aircraft advertising for additional revenue

Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood) known for its ultra low fare model (based on Ryanair) which charges for everything else besides a basic seat on airplane, is taking a page out of the old Western Pacific Airlines (Colorado Springs) book to raise additional revenue through aircraft exterior advertising.

Airbus A320-232 N618NK (msn 5458) is now adverting the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (one of its growth airports) with this unique “Greetings from Fort Worth” “aircraft postcard”.

Video:

http://pdl.vimeocdn.com/92333/656/223972382.mp4?token=1391698113_cd2eae97bc827127aebc1349181dc170

Spirit Airlines:

Frontier adds two more routes from Wilmington, Delaware

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) has announced it will add nonstop service from Wilmington- New Castle Airport in Wilmington, Delaware (ILG) to Atlanta, Georgia (ATL) and Detroit, Michigan (DTW) starting on April 29, 2014.

The addition of these two new cities brings the total number of routes served from the Wilmington/Philadelphia area to seven: Atlanta; Chicago-Midway; Denver; Detroit; Fort Myers; Orlando; and Tampa.

Following is the schedule for Frontier’s Atlanta service**:

Wilmington-Atlanta (beginning April 29, 2014)

Following is the schedule for Frontier’s Detroit service:

Wilmington-Detroit (beginning April 29, 2014)

All service from Wilmington-New Castle Airport operates on 168-seat Airbus A320 aircraft.

Copyright Photo: Rurik Enriquez/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 N204FR (msn 2325) with the Bald Eagle on the tail lands in Cancun, Mexico.

Frontier Airlines:

Route Map:

Caribair has four aircraft seized by a Florida bank

Caribair (Dominican Republic) SAAB 340A HI-866 (msn 138) CUN (Rurik Enriquez), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Caribair (Dominican Republic) (Santo Domingo) had four aircraft seized by the Plus International Bank of Florida in August.

Read the full story from Dominincan Today:

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Mexicana to cut more flights

Mexicana Airbus A318-100 XA-UBY (msn 2552) (08) CUN (Rurik Enriquez), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Mexicana (Mexico City) will cut more flights this week as its financial crisis deepens.

Read the full story from Reuters:

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Is Mexicana headed towards a bankruptcy filing?

Mexicana (Compania Mexicana de Aviacion) Airbus A330-243 XA-MXP (msn 966) CUN (Rurik Enriquez), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Mexicana (Mexico City) according to this Reuters report could be considering a legal filing to restructure its debts.

Read the report:

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Whitejets starts a new route to Cancun from Brazil

Whitejets Transportes Aéreos (Rio de Janeiro-Galeao) is a new Brazilian charter airline. The new airline is owned by José Manuel Antunes who also owns Omni Aviation of Portugal, which in turn owns White Airways (Lisbon). Whitejets launched operations on June 12, 2010 between Rio de Janeiro (Galeao) and Sao Paulo (Viracopos) and Veradero (Cuba) with an Airbus A310-300 wet leased from White Airways.

A new route to Cancun was also inaugurated on July 12 from Brazil.

Copyright Photo: Rurik Enriquez. Whitejets’ Airbus A310-304 PR-WTA (msn 494, ex PR-WTA), operated by White Airways, arrives in the early morning light at Cancun on July 12.

Continental and ANA to begin code-sharing on March 28

Continental Airlines Boeing 737-824 WL N76516 (msn 37096) (Eco-Skies) CUN (Rurik Enriquez) (green Blended Winglets!), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Continental Airlines (Houston) will begin a codesharing agreement with ANA-All Nippon Airways (Tkoyo) on routes between the United States and Japan effective on March 28. It will be the first time that Continental Airlines has implemented a codesharing agreement with a Japanese airline.

Copyright Photo: Rurik Enriquez. Continental introduced its “Eco-Skies” logojet (with a green Blended Winglet!) on March 10. Click on the link below for further details:

http://airlinersgallery.com/2/7bf4e/29f78a1/#/gallery/continental-airlines/continental-737-800-wl-n76516-91-eco-skies-grd-cun-rez-lr-904690/

Mexicana to join Oneworld on November 10

Copyright Photo: Rurik Enriquez. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.

Image: Oneworld.

Mexicana (Mexico City) will join the Oneworld Alliance on November 10.

Mexicana Click to replace F100s with 717s

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Mexicana Click (subsidiary of Mexicana) (formerly Click Mexicana) (Mexico City) will lease 25 104-seat Boeing 717-200s from Boeing Capital Corporation via its parent. The first copy will arrive this month and will replace the current 25 Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100s (Fokker 100s).