Budget airline Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection Monday after struggling with declining sales prompted by the ...

The airline has lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020 and faces looming debt payments totaling more than $1 ...

Budget airlines have also faced difficulties since the pandemic, as passengers appear to prefer paying extra for more ...

Spirit pilots are not paid as much as pilots at Delta, American, and United and could have left the company for better ...

While Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ... announced plans to furlough pilots and sell aircraft. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last month, the ultra-low-cost ...

Impact Link A Spirit Airlines executive blamed competitors for some of its financial and operational woes during a congressional hearing on Wednesday, pointing to factors including pilot staffing ...

After losing hundreds of millions in 2024, Spirit Airlines faces a long climb ... the company furloughed 170 pilots and ...

Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection ... agreement with Airbus to defer the delivery of new planes and furlough 260 pilots. The company said these moves would save them $340 million ...

Spirit previously announced pilot furloughs and capacity cuts to address ongoing ... Many industry watchers anticipate the ...

He said some airlines "manufactured" a pilot shortage and that others want Spirit "out of business." Spirit recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is revamping its business to earn more revenue.