All Spirit Airlines articles – Page 12
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Spirit Airlines’ CFO Edward Christie
Spirit Airlines has spun an interesting story in recent years, report regular profits and double-digit operating margins annually.
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INTERIORS: How social media is influencing the cabin experience
“How long until Spirit Airlines starts charging for air to breathe on [its] flights? This is a serious inquiry.” @RobanPerezanovic, a disgruntled passenger, is just one of millions of people voicing strident opinions on social media about their plane journeys each year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: San Juan traffic rebounds amid renovations
Traffic at San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International airport continues to surge amid a multi-year renovation effort that was intended to help the airport recover from sagging passenger numbers.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New Spirit chief eyes operations and network changes
Spirit Airlines new chief executive Bob Fornaro plans to improve on the successful ultra low-cost carrier’s model, taking aim first at operational improvements and network changes in his first months on the job.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New Spirit chief refuels Frontier merger rumours
The surprise departure of ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines chief executive Ben Baldanza follows a year that saw the airline's stock lose its shine, as investors began to worry that Spirit's once-revered moat was rapidly being encroached upon by its rivals.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Local demand drives LCC growth at former hubs
Pass through Cleveland Hopkins International airport and you can breeze through security, get a local brew from friendly staff at a pub in the concourse and then sit with a view of idled jet bridges at the shuttered Concourse D.
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Spirit to add up to 35 new routes in 2015
Spirit Airlines could launch as many as 35 new routes this year, although it emphasises that most of the growth will come from connecting existing dots in its network.
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Spirit signs up to $379m financing deal for 10 Airbus aircraft
Spirit Airlines has entered an up to $379 million financing agreement for 10 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft, its first long-term debt deal for aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Spirit preps for big year of growth in 2015
Spirit Airlines is preparing for a bumper year of growth in 2015, and will start off by raising capacity by 26% in the first quarter.
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Spirit to add eight routes from Cleveland in 2015
Spirit Airlines will begin service to Cleveland Hopkins International airport in January 2015, with service planned to eight destinations.
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NewsPICTURE: Spirit shows off new livery
Florida-based Spirit Airlines has unveiled a new livery, becoming the third US carrier in recent weeks to debut a new look on its aircraft.
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Spirit changes Airbus order in favour of A321
Florida-based Spirit Airlines has made further changes to its aircraft purchase agreement with Airbus in the first quarter, in favour of the larger Airbus A321 variant.
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Spirit to keep growing at Houston with new routes
Spirit Airlines will continue its expansion at Houston Intercontinental airport, more than a year after it first began service there.
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Spirit could tap debt markets for A320 family deliveries
Spirit Airlines is understood to be considering raising debt to finance some of its upcoming Airbus A320 family deliveries, say attendees at the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Americas conference in San Diego.
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NewsAirbus backlog reveals conversions to A320neo
Two customers for the baseline Airbus A320 family appear to have converted their orders to the A320neo, despite previous insistence from the airframer that such swaps would not be entertained.
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Spirit A319 still undergoing repairs
Spirit Airlines says an Airbus A319 that sustained an engine failure last month will return to service only late this year or in early 2014.
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Spirit inspects Airbus V2500 engines following inflight failure
Spirit Airlines began delaying flights last night to perform inspections on the engines of its Airbus fleet, a move that comes after the engine failure on a Spirit Airbus A319 on 15 October.
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NewsNTSB retrieves engine and data recorders from Spirit A319
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has removed an engine and the data recorders from a Spirit Airlines Airbus A319 involved in an engine failure on 15 October.
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NewsSpirit A319 turns back after cabin smoke
A Spirit Airlines Airbus A319 turned back to Dallas/Fort Worth International airport on 15 October after smoke was seen in the cabin.
