Articles tagged “spirit airlines”

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at JetBlue-Spirt challenges, Airbnb's advantages, and Air France's air and rail opportunities.

As expected, the Justice Department is moving forward to block one of the biggest proposed tie-ups in U.S. airlines in years. Can the deal be saved?

The largest flight attendants union, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, is backing the proposed $3.8 billion merger of JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines as part of a new agreement with…

JetBlue is ready to fight for its $3.8 billion Spirit deal.

JetBlue still has one big card to play if it really wants the green light to merge with Spirit: its alliance with American.

The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to sue to block the proposed merger of JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines, Politico reported late Friday.

Spirit Airlines lags other U.S. airlines in financial performance. In fact, it lost money last year while most of its peers produced profits. Can it fix its cost problems and restore order?

JetBlue is dangling the possibility of at least 22 new routes, plus service to Hawaii, in front of U.S. regulators as they weigh its proposed merger with Spirit.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Spirit's earnings purgatory, Hertz's brands revival, and cruise tourism in east and Southern Africa.

Spirit is struggling to control its costs, something that sounds a lot like its prospective merger partner JetBlue.