Tag: Spirit
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 →
NEWS Apr 23, 2026 United Airlines Just Warned Summer Fares Could Rise 20% United Airlines CEO delivered one of the starkest and most direct warnings in the carrier's recent history, telling analysts and the travelling public that ticket prices for summer travel may need to rise by as much as 20% to cover a fuel bill that has more than doubled since the start of the Iran war. Read More →
NEWS Apr 16, 2026 Spirit Airlines Might Shut Down This Week. Here's What That Means for You. Spirit Airlines could cease operations as early as this week. The discount carrier has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice in 2025, and a sharp rise in jet fuel costs has undermined its reorganization plan at a critical moment. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Apr 06, 2026 Analysis: How Spirit Airlines Changed Airline Pricing, then Paid the Price How Spirit Airlines revolutionized travel: The "Bare Fare" model, the impact of Ben Baldanza, and how legacy carriers like Delta and United adapted to compete with the budget giant. Read More →
NEWS Mar 21, 2026 Budget Airlines Face Turbulent Future After Bold Fuel Efficiency Gamble The landscape of American aviation is shifting under the weight of a multi-billion-dollar calculation that has yet to pay off. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Feb 27, 2026 Spirit Airlines Baggage Policy 2026: Don't Get Hit with the $99 Gate Fee Our updated 2026 guide covers Spirit's new baggage rules, from the free Personal Item to the Spirit First and Premium Economy bundles. See how to travel for less. Read More →
ROUTES Feb 24, 2026 Spirit Airlines Accelerates Fleet Cuts and Network Restructuring to Targeted Spring Bankruptcy Exit Spirit Airlines is moving aggressively to downsize its operations and overhaul its business model, aiming to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a leaner, more premium-focused carrier. Read More →
NEWS Feb 17, 2026 Spirit Airlines Sells Youngest Ever Airbus A320neos for Scrap as Parts Shortage Peaks Defying decades of aviation economics, two of the youngest commercial narrowbody jets in history are currently being dismantled for parts at a desert scrapyard in Arizona. Read More →