Spirit Airlines

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.

JetBlue's takeover of Spirit could get leg up if a judge rules for it and American in the suit brought by the Justice Department.

Demand is robust but it's different — and the challenges very much real for the aviation industry as it exits the pandemic.

Loyalty programs are one of the must lucrative assets on airlines' balance sheets.

Spirit Airlines has a taken chunk out of its winter schedule and cut 35 routes. The move, however, is not for lack of travel demand.

The JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines merger is a step closer to reality with the approval of the latter’s shareholders Wednesday.

JetBlue wants to be a challenger airline on a nationwide basis. If it acquires Spirit, then the Midwest would not be merely something to admire from 30,000 feet.

Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle sees the airline as the contemporary of Southwest 40 years ago — primed for growth with dramatically lower costs than the competition.

JetBlue Airways may have won over the board and management of Spirit Airlines in its bidding war with competitor Frontier Airlines for the discounter. But JetBlue still needs to sway…