Spirit Airlines

• Spirit Airlines expected to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy this year

  By the time of its first Chapter 11 filing in November 2024, Spirit had lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020 amid COVID-19 struggles.

  Economy

  Feb 24
  
• Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy amid financial woes

  Spirit Airlines filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition after working out terms with bondholders. The U.S. budget airline has lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020.

  U.S. News

  Nov 18, 2024
  
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• 6-year-old flying alone for Christmas put on wrong plane, family outraged

  The boy's grandmother said she had no idea where the six-year-old was after his plane landed in Fort Myers without him on it.

  U.S. News

  Dec 28, 2023
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• JetBlue agrees to buy Spirit Airlines for US$3.8B

  JetBlue and Spirit airlines expect to conclude the regulatory process and close the transaction no later than the first half of 2024.

  World

  Jul 28, 2022
• Toddler injured in wild conveyor belt ride caught on airport cameras

  Video shows the boy's frightening journey through the machine-filled, behind-the-scenes world of the Atlanta airport's luggage network.

  Trending

  Jul 25, 2019
• Florida woman says airline told her to flush pet hamster down the toilet

  Spirit Airlines acknowledged the airline mistakenly told the woman her hamster wasn't allowed on board, but denied that an employee recommended flushing her pet.

  Trending

  Feb 8, 2018
• Houston mom says her family was ‘kicked off’ Spirit Airlines flight after breastfeeding

  Spirit Airlines later released a statement standing by its crew's decision.

  Consumer

  Dec 11, 2017
• She was warned about travel at 36 weeks pregnant. Then she had a boy at 30,000 feet

  "For being such a crazy event, and the circumstances not really being favourable, it was perfect."

  Trending

  Jun 28, 2017
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• Video shows fight breakout at Florida airport after Spirit Airline cancels flights

  Spirit Airlines passengers brawled in a Florida airport late on Monday after the carrier, which is in dispute with its pilots, cancelled several flights leading to chaos and three arrests.

  Consumer

  May 9, 2017
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• Spirit Airlines flight leaves Canadian passengers ‘frightened’, stranded in Cleveland

  A Spirit Airlines flight en route to Niagara Falls, N.Y. from Orlando, Fla. had to abort plans to land two times and it eventually left many passengers stranded in Cleveland, Ohio without their luggage.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2017