Spirit Airlines CCO: More U.S. Airline Industry Consolidation ‘Inevitable’

Spirit Airlines Executive VP and CCO Matt Klein

Spirit Airlines' Matt Klein (right) on stage at Routes Americas 2024 in Bogotá.

Credit: Ocean Driven Media
BOGOTA—Matt Klein, Spirit Airlines executive vice president and CCO, said he expects to see more consolidation in the U.S. airline industry, even as the attempted JetBlue Airways-Spirit merger collapsed following a federal judge siding with the U.S. Justice Department’s (DOJ) assertion that the...
Aaron Karp

Aaron Karp is a Contributing Editor to the Aviation Week Network.

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