The poster child for no-frills service and deeply discounted fares is furloughing hundreds of pilots this fall as it ...

Facing soaring expenses and shrinking passenger numbers, U.S. budget airlines such as Spirit and Southwest are slashing pilot ...

Spirit Airlines (OTC:SAVEQ) will furlough roughly 270 pilots and demote 140 more as the company looks to align its workforce with a lighter flight schedule. The company confirmed on Monday that the ...

Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines announced plans Monday to merge, a move that executives at the low-cost carriers say would create a company able to compete more aggressively against its ...

Spirit and Frontier have a combined fleet of more than 280 Airbus planes, with plans to grow to nearly 500 by 2026. Spirit’s stock was up about 17 percent by the close of trading on Monday, just ...

Frontier's fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft closely mirrors that of Spirit Airlines. Like Spirit, it operates Airbus A320-200, A320neo, A321-200, and A321neo aircraft.

Spirit Airlines and Frontier call off a proposed merger. The decision could improve prospects for Spirit to reach a deal with JetBlue, a suitor it had previously rejected.

The transaction is expected to close in the second half of the year. Spirit shareholders will receive 1.9126 shares of Frontier plus $2.13 in cash for each existing Spirit share they own.

Together the two airlines offer more than 1,000 daily flights to over 145 destinations in 19 countries with their all-Airbus fleets. In a joint release, Spirit and Frontier said they expect the ...

Spirit and Frontier Airlines on Monday announced a $6.6 billion merger, a combination of low-fare carriers that would create America’s fifth-largest airline.

Budget airlines Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines, rapidly growing airlines known for cheap fares and a pile of fees, plan to merge. The airlines announced the deal on Monday, calling the ...

CHICAGO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Budget carriers Frontier Group Holdings and Spirit Airlines Inc (SAVE.N), opens new tab on Monday unveiled plans to create the fifth-largest U.S. airline in a $2.9 ...