Spirit Airlines

The airlines have vowed to ‘vigorously rebut’ claims their partnership is a 'de facto merger,' saying their Northeast alliance boosts competition by offering new routes and increased service.

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) plans to award the rights for several peak flights at Newark Liberty International (EWR) to a LCC or ULCC to spur competition and reduce fares.

Spirit Airlines said that its operational meltdown in recent weeks cost it $50 million in the 2021 third quarter (Q3) and warned that bookings for the rest of the quarter will come in weaker than expected.

U.S. Senate lawmakers are gathering information on how several carriers, including American, have managed workforce issues during the downturn while collecting payroll-relief funds.

Three new routes to the new Palmerola International Airport will be available from November.

Three new routes are being launched, including the ULCC’s maiden international service from the New Jersey airport to Mexico.

The Florida-based ULCC plans to be 45% larger at MCO compared to pre-COVID-19.

The US carrier will launch eight new routes as competition in Miami intensifies.

ULCC added the Wisconsin airport to its network last month.

“We think that there’s a lot of opportunity to add a lot more dots to the map,” says network planning vice president John Kirby.

Miami International’s decision to switch its gates to a preferential-use model, rather than the previous common-use model, was a deciding factor in Spirit Airlines' proposed launch at the airport this fall.

Spirit's network planning VP John Kirby told Routes Americas 2021 that Miami International’s decision to lower costs, coupled with soaring leisure demand, prompted the ULCC's big expansion in South Florida.

The CEOs of Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines tell Routes Americas 2021 that they both have plenty of room to grow.

As the only air service development event that unites the entire region, Routes Americas 2021 will be critical in stimulating the recovery of the market.

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport will be the first point in the state of New Hampshire to be served by Spirit Airlines.

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport will become the first point in the state to be served by the carrier.

The expansion will give the U.S. LCC a presence at all three of South Florida’s major airports for the first time.

The LCC is planning to shake-up the South Florida market by launching flights from Miami.

Routes details a selection of new air services scheduled to start this month.

The carrier will serve nine destinations from Kansas City by June 10.

Routes looks at the current state of the growing US-Mexico transborder market in the wake of the FAA’s decision to downgrade Mexico’s safety rating to Category 2.

Spirit Airlines is progressively adding back Airbus A319 narrowbodies into service and altering delivery streams for its aircraft on order to support the company’s planned growth during the next few years.

The expansion indicates the carriers are not concerned by complaints from the likes of Spirit Airlines.

The angry response follows accusations that the US carrier is cooperating with American Airlines on routes “outside the scope” permitted by their new Northeast alliance.

Spirit Airlines has filed a complaint with the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) which questions whether JetBlue Airways and American Airlines are coordinating flights and routes “outside of the scope” of their new Northeast alliance.