BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

)

Motion of )

)

SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC

. ) Docket DOT

- OST

- 20 11

- 0175

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U.S.

- Colombia Combination Frequency )

Allocation Proceeding )

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MOTION OF SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC.

FOR EXTENSION OF STARTUP DATE

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Joanne W. Young

David M. Kirstein

Kirstein & Young, PLLC

1750 K Street, N.W.

Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20006

(202) 331

- 3348 (telephone)

(202) 331

- 3933 (facsimile)

Attorneys for

SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC.

April 27, 2012BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

)

Motion of )

)

SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC

. ) DOT

- OST

- 20 11

- 0175

)

U.S.

- Colombia Combination Frequency )

Allocation Proceeding )

)

MOTION OF SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC.

FOR EXTENSION OF STARTUP DATE

On September 15, 2011, Spirit Ai r lines, Inc. (“Spirit”) filed an application for

fourteen ( 14 ) U.S.

- Colombia frequencies and exemption authority to provide service

between Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Bogotá , Colombia and beyond to points in Ecuador

and Lima, Peru. By Notice of Action Taken, in this docket, dated October 4, 2011, the

Department granted Spirit this authority

. The NOAT specified that Spirit would be

required to inaugurate service between Fort Lauderdale and Bogotá within ten ( 10 ) days

of April 1, 2012. On January 30, 2012, Spirit filed a motion to extend the start

- up date on

seven (7) of the awarded frequencies until May 24, 2012 and released the remaining

seven (7) frequencies. This motion was granted by the Department on February 10, 2012.

Spirit res pectfully requests an additional extension of the start

- up date until

September 1 , 2012

. Spirit has obtained all necessary route authority from Peru and

Columbia , but has not been able to obtain the necessary slot allocations at Bogot á to

operate the fligh ts

. The extension is necessary to allow additional time to obtain the seMotion of Spirit Airlines, Inc.

U.S.

- Colombia Frequency Allocation Proceeding

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slots.

Grant of this motion will not adversely affect service in the FLL

- BOG market and

will not result in injury to any competitor or potential competitor. Twenty

- eight ( 28 )

frequencies remain open to potential competitors in this market

.

WHEREFORE, for the reasons described above

, S pirit respectfully requests that

the Department grant its Motion to extend the startup date on seven (7) combination

frequencies to be used by Spirit for scheduled foreig n air transportation between Fort

Lauderdale , Florida and Bogotá

, Colombia until September 1 , 2012

. Spirit further

requests any other relief the Department may deem necessary

.

Respectfully Submitted,

Joanne W. Young

David M. Kirstein

Kirstein & Young PLLC

1750 K Street N.W.

Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20006

(202) 331

- 3348 (telephone)

(202) 331

- 3933 (facsimile)

Attorneys for

SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC.CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing “ Motion of Spirit

Airlines, Inc. ” by email on the following persons:

___ _______________________ Lyndsey Grunewald

April 27, 2012 dan.weiss@united .com

jonathan.linde@united.com

jeff.morgan@delta.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

robert.land@jetblue.com

jhill@dlalaw.com

carl.nelson@aa.com urskr @state.gov

esta.r osenberg@dot.gov

brett.kruger@dot.gov

brian.hedberg@dot.gov