An ambitious content creator seeking to buy the now-defunct Spirit Airlines with a crowdfunding campaign has generated over $337 million in pledged funds so far. Hunter Peterson, known for flying the ...

Special companies like Nomadic Aviation Group are ferrying Spirit Airlines planes out of airports and to the desert. Spirit shut down before dawn on May 2, the biggest U.S. airline collapse in a ...

Spirit’s presence was a point of pride in Latrobe, Pa., where the security lines were short and airport parking is free. Residents are mourning the loss. By Gabe Castro-Root Reporting from Latrobe, Pa ...

One week after Spirit Airlines shut down operations, a new campaign to save the budget carrier has gained traction online, with more than $335 million in pledges. TikTok creator Hunter Peterson posted ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Offering an insider’s view of the business of flight. After Spirit Airlines vanished from the skies, its not-quite-sudden collapse ...

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. The last time I dropped my daughter off for a flight at LaGuardia’s Marine Air Terminal, the New York base of ...

Airlines for America CEO and former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Wednesday said the closure of Spirit Airlines was a lesson to allow business mergers when “somebody is putting up a red flag.” ...

Spirit Airlines was the budget-friendly carrier America loved to hate. But now that it’s out of business, a viral crowdfunding campaign is attempting to resurrect the bankrupt airline. Subscribe to ...

Spirit was the airline everyone swore they’d never fly again, right up until they saw that $42 ticket and suddenly didn’t mind packing one backpack and a little patience. As flight prices kept ...

Former Spirit Airlines employees have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the airline, claiming workers were laid off without proper notice and are still owed pay and benefits after going ...

The first call came to Bob Allen’s phone at 6 p.m. ET on a Friday. The message: Get the repo men ready. Spirit Airlines was still in operation and planes were in the air. But the aircraft leasing ...

Spirit Airlines ceased operations this month, leaving abandoned Airbus 320s to be retrieved by airplane repossessors like Nomadic Aviation Group. Contracted pilots, including former Spirit employees, ...