Less than six months after Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) launched flights between Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport and Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the carrier announced it was terminating its service.
“They”™ve cited low load factors and future sales,” said Kevin Dillon, executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA). “Unfortunately, I don”™t think they gave the service enough time.”
“We put forward our best effort to establish this unique connection between Connecticut and Jamaica,” said Spirit spokesman Michael Lopardi in a statement. “Unfortunately, we made the difficult decision to discontinue this particular route because of lower-than-expected demand.”
The new route was the first time that passengers can fly directly between Connecticut and Jamaica. At the time when the service began last December, the CAA noted that Connecticut has the fifth largest population of residents with Jamaican ancestry among all U.S. states, with more than 56,000 residents claiming Jamaican ancestry.
