Tag: Spirit
NEWS Oct 07, 2026 FAA Clears JetBlue's $58.5M Purchase of Spirit's LaGuardia Slots The FAA approved JetBlue's $58.5 million deal to acquire Spirit Airlines slots at New York's LaGuardia Airport, expanding its East Coast presence. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Oct 04, 2026 How Does a B-2 Spirit Fly Without a Tail? How the B-2 Spirit flies without a tail or vertical stabilizer. Read More →
NEWS Sep 21, 2026 Breeze Airways Presses FAA to Block Legacy Carriers From Acquiring Spirit's Vacated Slots Breeze Airways urges the FAA to prevent legacy carriers from acquiring defunct Spirit Airlines' slots, citing competition and consumer harm concerns. Read More →
ROUTES Jul 06, 2026 Frontier Airlines Picks Up Eight Former Spirit Routes as Budget Carrier Reshuffle Continues Frontier Airlines launches service on eight routes previously operated by Spirit Airlines, expanding its network across Florida, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Read More →
NEWS Jun 24, 2026 Spirit Airlines Collapse: US Lawmakers Clash Over Airline Competition Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy has reignited a fierce debate over consolidation, competition, and the future of low-cost air travel. Read More →
ROUTES May 29, 2026 Avianca vs. jetBlue: The Battle for Spirit's Florida Throne As Spirit Airlines exits bankruptcy weaker than before, Avianca and jetBlue are positioning to claim its lucrative Florida-Latin America routes. Read More →
NEWS May 21, 2026 Avelo Airlines Has Quietly Wiped an Entire Day Off Its Flying Schedule and the Reason Goes Far Beyond Tuesday A small but telling decision by Avelo Airlines has caught the attention of the US aviation industry this week. The ultra-low-cost carrier has effectively eliminated all Tuesday flights from its network for 13 weeks running from mid-May through mid-August 2026. Read More →
ROUTES May 07, 2026 Breeze Airways Has Quietly Dropped 9 Routes but on Its Fifth Birthday It Is Adding Even More Five years after its first passenger flight departed in May 2021, Breeze Airways is undergoing its most significant network restructuring to date, withdrawing from nine routes. Read More →
ROUTES May 05, 2026 JetBlue Is Adding 11 New Routes From Fort Lauderdale and Targeting 130 Daily Departures After Spirit Airlines Collapsed JetBlue Airways has launched the most aggressive airport expansion in its 26-year history, announcing 11 entirely new nonstop routes from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport alongside significant frequency increases on existing services. Read More →
NEWS May 02, 2026 Spirit Airlines Ceases Operations, Becoming First Major U.S. Airline Casualty in Two Decades Spirit Airlines, one of the United States' pioneering ultra-low-cost carriers, ceased all operations on May 2, 2026, after a $500 million federal bailout effort collapsed. The shutdown, the first of a major U.S. carrier in roughly two decades, leaves 17,000 employees out of work and strands hundreds of thousands of ticketed passengers seeking alternative travel arrangements. Read More →