Frontier and Spirit Airlines will once again try to merge, only months after the Biden administration won a key antitrust court battle to block
Discount carrier says a merger would be a better path out of bankruptcy for Spirit, which has rebuffed the latest proposal.
Spirit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2024, six months after a proposed merger with JetBlue collapsed.
Spirit Airlines has rejected a second offer by Frontier Group to merge, citing insufficient financial conditions.
Frontier Airlines is making another offer to merge with bankrupt Spirit Airlines, less than two years after a previous plan fell through.
Frontier Airlines' attempt to buy fellow budget air carrier Spirit Airlines out of bankruptcy has hit turbulence.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE WORRIED THAT TWO AIRLINES, SPIRIT AND FRONTIER, MAY BE USING CUSTOMER DATA TO CHARGE SOME PEOPLE MORE FOR THE SAME SEATS ON THE SAME FLIGHTS. THE BIPARTISAN GROUP INCLUDES SENATOR MAGGIE HASSAN,
"We're continually looking for ways to make it easier to book a JetBlue flight on our website and mobile app."