After Latest Merger Bid, Spirit Airlines Tells Frontier: Try Again

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Frontier Airlines has made another bid for Spirit Airlines, but the offer failed to sway the South Florida-based ULCC as it proceeds through a Chapter 11 restructuring. In an initial response, Spirit CEO Ted Christie and Chairman Mac Gardner said the Jan. 7 proposal—made three weeks before a...
Christine Boynton

Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.

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