Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie is reiterating his firm opposition to the hostile takeover effort initiated by JetBlue Airways, describing it as a “cynical” attempt to disrupt Spirit’s planned merger with Frontier Airlines.

Executives at Spirit Airlines reiterated their opposition to the merger proposal from JetBlue Airways and urged shareholders to approve the competing bid from Frontier Airlines at an upcoming shareholder vote.

Plans to establish North America’s first mega-ULCC remain in place.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks

Manchester-Boston Regional’s Ted Kitchens discusses the impact of the airport’s first new airline partner in 17 years and how it is working to reduce leakage to nearby Boston International.

The carrier has significantly lowered its guidance for full-year capacity versus 2019.

What happens next depends on a combination of Frontier’s reaction—whether it makes a counteroffer—and how the Spirit board of directors judges the tradeoffs between a relatively safer merger with Frontier, and the prospect of a perhaps more ambitious future with JetBlue.

JetBlue has firmed up plans to enter the Boston-London market at the same time as making an unsolicited $3.6 billion bid for Spirit Airlines.

JetBlue's offer complicates plans by Frontier Airlines to merge with Spirit before the end of 2022.

The ULCC plans to offer 24 departures from the airport on peak days this summer.

The carrier has five route launches planned from Las Vegas over the next five months.

The ULCC has not opened a new San Diego service in five years.

Merger partner Frontier Airlines already has crew bases at both airports.

The carrier, which has long flown to Mexico’s beaches, will start service to Monterrey.

The LCC already operates 14 routes from PHX.

Flights to the city on Puerto Rico's southern coast are in addition to the ULCC’s existing services to San Juan and Aguadilla.

From Routes Americas 2022, Routes takes a look at the merger between Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines.

News of the proposed merger between Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines has ushered in a wave of speculation about the possibility of further consolidation among U.S. carriers.

The ULCCs say the combined carrier will be a strong, low-fares competitor against the “Big Four” US airlines.

The ULCC will become the first new airline to enter the Salt Lake market since the first-phase completion of a $4.5 billion airport redevelopment project.

The growing ULCC continues to add routes for 2022.

The carrier will be the first since 2007 to operate nonstop service between PHL and Oakland, California.

The ULCC is expanding in South Florida with a focus on rival Spirit’s home airport.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The South Carolina leisure destination will be the only non-Florida city served by Spirit from Manchester, New Hampshire.