Spirit Airlines Buys Tools, Time, Flexibility In Repeat Restructuring

Spirit Airlines Airbus jet on runway

Fleet optimization is “critical and time-sensitive,” Spirit Airlines states in a recent bankruptcy court filing.

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Having navigated “intensified” industry headwinds since emerging from bankruptcy in March, Spirit Airlines cited an unexpected dispute with a lessor as the tipping point that forced it to file for Chapter 11 protection again. Spirit’s Aug. 25 notices from AerCap on its leased aircraft were twofold...
Christine Boynton

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

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