Eighteen months on from Pratt & Whitney announcing that hundreds of GTF engines would have to be pulled from service to undergo enhanced inspections, airlines are still suffering.
A recent appeals court ruling puts an ancillary fee disclosure ruling in limbo, almost a litmus-test for what airlines can expect from a new administration.
Frontier 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.
The cuts were implemented in “various departments” across the company, and the airline still expects to emerge from a streamlined chapter 11 process in Q1 2025.
Haiti’s largest airport has reopened for commercial flights, one month after gunfire struck several aircraft operated by U.S. airlines serving Port-au-Prince.
A Senate subcommittee hearing focused on U.S. airline ancillary fees questioned carriers on plans for integrating artificial intelligence into pricing practices
After entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Spirit released its 2024 Q3 results, with net losses nearly doubling and “substantial doubt” about the future.
Spirit Airlines' sale to JetBlue was blocked on the premise of preserving competition but it should have been obvious that Spirit, in serious financial trouble, was no longer able to compete effectively in the U.S. market.
Spirit says discussions with bondholders to restructure its debt have “advanced materially” and are continuing, amid reports of a pending bankruptcy filing.
Financial results for the 2024 third quarter (Q3) reveal net profits for two U.S. LCCs, losses for another two budget carriers and a struggling Spirit Airlines.
The FAA has prohibited U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti following confirmed incidents of gunfire hitting two Airbus A320 aircraft over Port-au-Prince.
A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320neo was hit by gunfire while attempting to land at Touissant L’Overture Airport (PAP) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 11.