Ua hoʻolaha kūkala ʻo Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., ka hui makua o Frontier Airlines, Inc., ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi makana hoʻohui maikaʻi i ʻO Spirit Airlines, Inc. Hāʻawi ka hāʻawi i ka hui ʻana e kālā ʻia ma o ka hoʻopuka ʻana i ka aie Frontier hou a me ka waiwai maʻamau.
Wahi a Frontier, ua manaʻo ʻia ke kālepa i manaʻo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka waiwai nui i nā mea pili kālā o ka Spirit, ma mua o nā pono o ka hoʻolālā hoʻonohonoho kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa a Spirit. Ma ka hoʻokomo kālā ʻana i ka mokulele i hoʻohui ʻia, e loaʻa i ka poʻe kuleana kālā o Spirit ka manawa e kaʻana like i ka ulu ʻana o kahi mea lawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ikaika loa, ʻoiai e ʻohi ana i nā synergies nui a Frontier i manaʻo ai mai ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā hana o nā mokulele.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bill Franke, ka Luna Hoʻokele o Frontier's Board of Directors a me ka hoa hoʻokele o Indigo Partners LLC, "Ke hōʻike nei kēia manaʻo i kahi manawa kūpono e hopena ai i ka waiwai ma mua o ka hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa a Spirit ma o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi mokulele haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ikaika me ka wā lōʻihi. hiki ke hoʻokūkū ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a komo i nā mākeke hou ma ka nui. Mākaukau mākou e hoʻomau i nā kūkākūkā me Spirit a me kāna mau mea pili kālā a manaʻoʻiʻo hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō koke i ka ʻaelike ma kahi kālepa. Manaʻolana mākou hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i kahi hoʻoholo e hāʻawi i ka waiwai nui no nā mea kūʻai aku, nā lālā o ka hui, nā kaiāulu, nā hoa hana, nā mea hōʻaiʻē a me nā mea kuleana. "
"ʻOiai mākou e hauʻoli nei i nā hopena ikaika i hiki iā Frontier ke hoʻopuka ma o ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou hoʻolālā ʻoihana, ua lōʻihi mākou i manaʻoʻiʻo e hui pū me ka Spirit e ʻae iā mākou e wehe i nā manawa hana waiwai hou," wahi a Barry Biffle, Luna Nui o Frontier. "Ma ke ʻano he mokulele hui, e hoʻonoho ʻia mākou e hāʻawi i nā koho hou aʻe a me ka mālama kālā hohonu, a me kahi ʻike huakaʻi i hoʻonui ʻia me ka lawelawe hilinaʻi."
Akā i kēia lā, ʻo Spirit Airlines, ka mea i komo i ka Mokuna 11 ka palekana panakalupa i Nowemapa, ua hōʻole ʻo ia i kahi "manaʻo koi" mai Frontier, kapa ʻia ʻo ia "ʻaʻole lawa ke kālā."
I ka waiho ʻana i kēia lā, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Spirit i ka hāʻawi ʻana o Frontier, a ua hōʻike i kona manaʻo e puka mai i nā hana panakalupa e Q1 2025.
ʻEkolu makahiki i hala aku nei, ua noʻonoʻo mua ʻo Frontier a me Spirit i ka hui ʻana; akā naʻe, ua hāʻule kēlā mau kūkākūkā i ka wā i hōʻike aku ai ka mea hoʻokūkū o Frontier ʻo JetBlue i kahi ʻUhane me kahi noi ʻoi aku ka uku. Akā ua pani ʻia ka ʻaelike Spirit-JetBlue i ka makahiki 2024 i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai e kahi luna kānāwai pekelala i hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo JetBlue Airways i $ 3.8 biliona.
