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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Legal experts warn the most profitable resolution for Spirit would be to auction off its assets, not to sell to crowdfunding efforts Rebecca Noble/Getty Spirit Airlines ceased operations after filing ...

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’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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

JetBlue Airways is adding flights at Spirit Airlines’ former home airport as it tries to turn a profit again. By Niraj Chokshi Mere hours after Spirit Airlines shut down last weekend, JetBlue Airways ...

The failure of Spirit Airlines left a six-story, 180,000-square-foot hole in Dania Beach’s office market, but candidates are on stand-by to fill the space, including Broward County’s government. The ...

Most of Spirit Airlines' fleet is grounded. But a few of its bright yellow planes were in the air this week — including Nomadic Flight 189 from Spirit's former hub in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to Phoenix ...