Spirit Airlines

JetBlue still has one big card to play if it really wants the green light to merge with Spirit: its alliance with American.

The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to sue to block the proposed merger of JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines, Politico reported late Friday.

Spirit Airlines lags other U.S. airlines in financial performance. In fact, it lost money last year while most of its peers produced profits. Can it fix its cost problems and restore order?

JetBlue is dangling the possibility of at least 22 new routes, plus service to Hawaii, in front of U.S. regulators as they weigh its proposed merger with Spirit.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Spirit's earnings purgatory, Hertz's brands revival, and cruise tourism in east and Southern Africa.

Spirit is struggling to control its costs, something that sounds a lot like its prospective merger partner JetBlue.

JetBlue's takeover of Spirit could get leg up if a judge rules for it and American in the suit brought by the Justice Department.

Demand is robust but it's different — and the challenges very much real for the aviation industry as it exits the pandemic.

Loyalty programs are one of the must lucrative assets on airlines' balance sheets.

Spirit Airlines has a taken chunk out of its winter schedule and cut 35 routes. The move, however, is not for lack of travel demand.