Spirit Airlines Makes Capacity Cuts as It Exits Bankruptcy


An A320neo for Spirit Airlines taking off from the runway.

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Spirit’s capacity will be down 16% for the second quarter as it makes network adjustments post-bankruptcy.

Spirit Airlines is making sweeping capacity cuts as it looks to readjust its network post-bankruptcy. 

An analysis of data from Cirium showed that Spirit would have around a 16% decrease in seats for the second quarter. Spirit’s capacity at its busiest airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, is also down 16%.

Some of Spirit’s biggest cuts are in the Northeast and West Coast regions in the U.S. Capacity at LaGuardia is down at around 47