Spirit Airlines

What happens next depends on a combination of Frontier’s reaction—whether it makes a counteroffer—and how the Spirit board of directors judges the tradeoffs between a relatively safer merger with Frontier, and the prospect of a perhaps more ambitious future with JetBlue.

JetBlue has firmed up plans to enter the Boston-London market at the same time as making an unsolicited $3.6 billion bid for Spirit Airlines.

JetBlue's offer complicates plans by Frontier Airlines to merge with Spirit before the end of 2022.

The ULCC plans to offer 24 departures from the airport on peak days this summer.

The carrier has five route launches planned from Las Vegas over the next five months.

The ULCC has not opened a new San Diego service in five years.

Merger partner Frontier Airlines already has crew bases at both airports.

The carrier, which has long flown to Mexico’s beaches, will start service to Monterrey.

The LCC already operates 14 routes from PHX.

Flights to the city on Puerto Rico's southern coast are in addition to the ULCC’s existing services to San Juan and Aguadilla.

From Routes Americas 2022, Routes takes a look at the merger between Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines.

News of the proposed merger between Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines has ushered in a wave of speculation about the possibility of further consolidation among U.S. carriers.

The ULCCs say the combined carrier will be a strong, low-fares competitor against the “Big Four” US airlines.

The ULCC will become the first new airline to enter the Salt Lake market since the first-phase completion of a $4.5 billion airport redevelopment project.

The growing ULCC continues to add routes for 2022.

The carrier will be the first since 2007 to operate nonstop service between PHL and Oakland, California.

The ULCC is expanding in South Florida with a focus on rival Spirit’s home airport.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The South Carolina leisure destination will be the only non-Florida city served by Spirit from Manchester, New Hampshire.

The Florida-based ULCC said it has had particular problems hiring enough workers at Fort Lauderdale (FLL), its home base.

Staffing shortages are forcing the airline to lower growth expectations for the fourth quarter and 2022.

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in November 2021, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

Virgin Australia’s domestic expansion, the addition of Beirut to Swiss’ network, and Volotea’s tender win in Sardinia are among the latest route announcements and services resuming.

Spirit already operates to Puerto Rican destinations San Juan and Aguadilla.

Routes profiles Florida-based Spirit Airlines, the World Routes 2021 attendee that has this week launched its first services from Miami.