Spirit will add flights to Belize and Grand Cayman by the end of 2025.

Spirit Airlines has announced the addition of two new nonstop routes from Fort Lauderdale to Caribbean destinations. Passengers will be able to fly to Belize three times a week starting November 21, and to Grand Cayman three times a week beginning December 4. Ticket prices start at $85 for Belize and $66 for Grand Cayman. Spirit will be the only airline offering nonstop service on these routes from Fort Lauderdale, potentially making travel to these destinations more accessible and affordable for passengers.

Spirit Airlines announces two new Caribbean destinations

All right, moving on now to Spirit Airlines. The company is adding new flights from the Caribbean to the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale. Yeah, starting November 21st, Spirit passengers can fly nonstop from Fort Lauderdale to Belize three times a week. Then on December 4th, nonstop flights to Grand Cayman will begin, also running three times a week. Tickets start at $85 for Belize and $66 for Grand Cayman. Spirit is the only airline flying nonstop to these places from Fort Lauderdale, making it easier and cheaper to plan a tropical getaway. I mean, this seems to be good news for Spirit, which has been dealing with really only bad news. Yeah, and some nice destinations there, Belize. Nice prices. Really nice prices. Grand Cayman. I know. Can they make it happen from here to there? Well, that would be helpful. All right, good morning. How about this? How about a trip to Catalina? Just a quick boat ride, or maybe a chopper ride over to check out Avalon and the casino, which is lit up quite nicely at this hour. Still waiting on that sun to rise, coming up at around half an hour. So current visibility showing you some of that low cloud cover and the fog, which is kind of dense here in Oxnard, out towards Ventura County and Santa Barbara, really reducing your visibility. So slow it down if you're headed there. Headlines will tell you that today should be the hottest day of the week. Heat alerts will continue through at least tomorrow with temperatures above average. Right now it's hotter than even yesterday at this hour, so 24 hours ago. So 9 degrees warmer already in Lancaster, a couple of degrees warmer in Santa Monica and Burbank, 4 degrees warmer in Ontario and Big Bear City. Down in Laguna Niguel, 10 degrees warmer. And that is why we have the heat alerts in place. Heat advisories for all those areas shaded in the orange, meaning heat-related illnesses, very possible, very likely. And these areas here, if you spend any time outdoors at all, if you have to work under these weather conditions, you really need to take numerous breaks, get in some air conditioning, and for sure, drink a lot of water. Remind the kids who are going back to school. I know many went back to school this week, so keep that in mind. Heat exhaustion versus heat stroke, know the symptoms. Call 911 if you see someone experiencing a throbbing headache with no sweating at all, red-hot dry skin, rapid strong pulse, fainting and vomiting, cramping. That is all pointing to signs of heat stroke. So you want to call 911, and you can help save a life and save your own. So please stay heat safe today, OK? Yesterday was another hot day in downtown LA, 92 degrees. That made it six days in a row of above average temperatures. Today will likely be the seventh, as I said, the hottest day, expecting 92. Oh, I need to adjust this today for downtown LA. I'll send it over to you.

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