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Frontier Airlines announces 16 new routes as Spirit enters bankruptcy

Frontier Airlines announces 16 new routes as Spirit enters bankruptcy

Frontier Airlines is launching 16 new routes across the U.S. and the Caribbean in February and March 2025, including returns to Tucson, Reno, and Antigua and Barbuda. Introductory fares start at $19 for select routes, with service expanding from cities like Denver, Orlando, and Atlanta. Highlights include new connections

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy, seeks restructuring to stay competitive

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy, seeks restructuring to stay competitive

Spirit Airlines, which pioneered ultralow-cost air travel, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reports the Wall Street Journal, becoming the first major US passenger airline to do so since American Airlines in 2011. The expected bankruptcy is the result of mounting debt, rising labor costs, and intense competition from legacy

Air Force budget constraints jeopardize new refueling tanker, NGAS

Air Force budget constraints jeopardize new refueling tanker, NGAS

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recently expressed doubts over the affordability of the Next-Generation Aerial Refueling System (NGAS) amid rising costs for essential modernization programs, per Defense News. Intended to support combat scenarios like a potential Indo-Pacific conflict with China, NGAS would feature enhance capabilities in contested environments. Key advancements

Spirit Airlines nears bankruptcy as Frontier ends merger talks, reports Journal

Spirit Airlines nears bankruptcy as Frontier ends merger talks, reports Journal

Spirit Airlines is preparing for a bankruptcy filing following failed merger talks with Frontier Airlines, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal. The budget airline is negotiating with bondholders to develop a bankruptcy plan that would gain creditor support, as it faces mounting losses, a $1.1 billion

Delta flight attendants gear up for possible unionization push

Delta flight attendants gear up for possible unionization push

Flight attendants at Delta Air Lines may soon reignite efforts to unionize, as public support for labor grows nationwide. Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, indicated that a unionization campaign might emerge “in a few months,” citing stronger support from community groups and political figures in

Spirit Airlines hit by gunfire near Haiti airport; flights to Port-au-Prince suspended

Spirit Airlines hit by gunfire near Haiti airport; flights to Port-au-Prince suspended

Spirit Airlines and other US airlines suspended flights to Haiti after a Spirit flight approaching Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport was struck by gunfire on 11 November 2024. Spirit Airlines Flight 951, originating from Fort Lauderdale, was diverted to Santiago in the Dominican Republic after sustaining fuselage damage from

Activist investor secures five Southwest board seats to give up proxy fight

Activist investor secures five Southwest board seats to give up proxy fight

As covered in the Journal and everywhere travel related, Southwest Airlines negotiated a settlement with Elliott Investment Management, ending a four-month standoff headed to a proxy fight. Elliott secured five board seats: * Pierre Breber, former CFO of Chevron (Delta bought a refinery, which hedges fuel prices 40 to 50 percent