Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom
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Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom

ByNews Polite

Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. Spirit, the biggest US budget airline, has lost more than $2.5 billion since…

Raccoon falls from LaGuardia ceiling, forcing Spirit staff, flyers to flee
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Raccoon falls from LaGuardia ceiling, forcing Spirit staff, flyers to flee

ByNews Polite

They flew into a frenzy. Frightened staff and flyers at LaGuardia Airport fled the Spirit Airlines’ gate after a rambunctious raccoon was spotted hanging from the ceiling before dropping to the floor of the Big Apple terminal, shocking footage shows. Shrieks of horror filled the budget carrier’s section of the…

Spirit Airlines shares soar more than 60% on debt refinancing extension
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Spirit Airlines shares soar more than 60% on debt refinancing extension

ByNews Polite

Spirit Airlines shares soared by as much as 65% on Monday after the budget airline struck a deal to extend its debt refinancing plan by two months. The agreement with US Bank National Association to push the deadline — which was set to expire Monday — until Dec. 21 provides…

Former Spirit Airlines agents detail reasons behind viral meltdown, screaming at passengers over delayed flight
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Former Spirit Airlines agents detail reasons behind viral meltdown, screaming at passengers over delayed flight

ByNews Polite

The Spirit Airlines employee who went ballistic on passengers at a California airport in July has revealed what made her lose her cool alongside her supervisor after they were both canned over the incident. “Every single day, I feel really bad that I did it,” former Spirit Airlines customer service…

Newly released video shows Delta plane clipping Spirit aircraft’s wing at Ohio airport
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Newly released video shows Delta plane clipping Spirit aircraft’s wing at Ohio airport

ByNews Polite

A newly released video shows the moment a passenger plane bumped into a gated aircraft at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in May. The video, released by the Ohio airport and obtained by FOX 8, shows a Delta Airlines jet slowly moving toward a gate to drop off passengers after landing…

Spirit Airlines shareholders approve .8B merger with JetBlue
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Spirit Airlines shareholders approve $3.8B merger with JetBlue

ByNews Polite

Spirit Airlines shareholders voted Wednesday to accept a $3.8 billion buyout from JetBlue Airways, but the deal could still face a challenge from federal antitrust regulators. JetBlue emerged as the winner in a bidding war with Frontier to acquire Spirit, the nation’s biggest budget airline. Spirit announced the outcome after…