Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Spirit Airlines ua haʻalele ʻo CEO Ted Christie, ma hope koke o ka puka ʻana o ka hui mai ka panakalupa a hoʻonohonoho hou i kāna papa alakaʻi. Ke haʻalele nei ʻo Spirit Airlines ' Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) ʻo Matt Klein i ka hui, me ka ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻo Rana Ghosh e lawe i ke kūlana.
ʻO Christie, ka mea nāna i alakaʻi i ka mokulele mokulele haʻahaʻa mai ka makahiki 2019, e kūleʻa ʻia e kahi hui alakaʻi manawaleʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo CFO Fred Cromer, COO John Bendoraitis, a me General Counsel Thomas Canfield, nāna e mālama i ka hui a hiki i ke koho ʻana i kahi CEO hou.
Kūlike kēia hoʻololi alakaʻi me ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka Spirit mai kahi mokulele mokulele i kahi mea lawe premium. ʻO ka mokulele, ka mea i kū i nā pilikia he nui i kāna hoʻāʻo e hoʻōla mai ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 honua, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka pale ʻana o ka Mokuna 11 i 2024 a ua puka maikaʻi mai ka panakalupa i Malaki o kēia makahiki.
ʻO Spirit Airlines, Inc. kahi mokulele ʻAmelika i ʻike ʻia no kāna kumu hoʻohālike ultra-haʻahaʻa, me kona keʻena poʻo ma Dania Beach, Florida, i loko o ka ʻāina metropolitan Miami. Hāʻawi ka mokulele i nā lawelawe i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Caribbean, a me Latin America. Ma ka makahiki 2023, ua helu ʻo Spirit i ka ʻehiku o ka mokulele mokulele nui loa ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a paʻa i ke poʻo inoa o ka mea lawe kaʻa nui loa ma ka ʻāina.
I Pepeluali 2022, ua hōʻike ʻo Frontier Airlines i kāna hoʻolālā e kiʻi i ka Spirit Airlines, e pili ana i ka ʻae ʻana i ka hoʻoponopono, me ka waiwai o Frontier Airlines i koho ʻia ʻo ia ka mea ola. ʻO kēia hui ʻana e hoʻonoho i ka mokulele hou i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻelima nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Eia naʻe, i Iulai 2022, ua koho ka poʻe kuleana o ka Spirit e kūʻē i ka noi a Frontier.
I ʻApelila 2022, ua hāʻawi ʻo JetBlue i kahi hāʻawi e loaʻa iā Spirit no $33 no kēlā me kēia mahele i ke kālā, ʻo ka huina o $3.6 biliona. Ma Mei, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Spirit ua koho kāna papa alakaʻi ʻaʻole e alualu i ka hāʻawi a JetBlue. Ua hōʻike aku ʻo Spirit Airlines i nā hopohopo e pili ana ka loaʻa ʻana e JetBlue, kahi mokulele ʻoi aku ka nui, i kahi mea kūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa e kūʻē i ka kūʻē ʻana mai ka US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. Eia hou, ua kuhikuhi ʻo Spirit e nānā ana ka Antitrust Division i ka hui kuikahi hoʻolālā a JetBlue me American Airlines no nā kumu like.
I Iulai 2022, ua komo ʻo JetBlue i kahi ʻaelike e loaʻa iā Spirit Airlines ma ke kumukūʻai o $33.50 no kēlā me kēia pāhele, me nā mea hoʻoikaika hou no nā mea kuleana o ka Spirit. Ua hoʻonoho kēia hui ʻana i ka hui i hui ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻelima o ka mokulele nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua ʻae nā mea kuleana o Spirit i ka ʻaelike; akā naʻe, ua komo ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo ma ka waiho ʻana i kahi hoʻopiʻi e pale ai i ka hui ʻana, me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana e alakaʻi ia i ka "hoʻonui i ka uku, hoʻemi ʻia ka noho ʻana, a me nā hopena pōʻino i nā miliona o nā mea kūʻai." Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻokolokolo ma ʻOkakopa 2023. Ma Ianuali 16, 2024, ua hoʻoholo ka luna kānāwai federal e kūʻē i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Spirit Airlines e JetBlue, me ka hoʻoholo ʻana he anticompetitive ka hui ʻana a me ka pōʻino i nā mea kūʻai.
No laila, hāʻule ka waiwai o Spirit Airlines ma kahi o 47%, e hāpai ana i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mokulele. Ua manaʻo ka poʻe loiloi e pono paha ʻo Spirit e ʻimi i ka palekana banekorupa Mokuna 11, hiki ke alakaʻi i kahi kaʻina hoʻokaʻawale inā ʻaʻole i hoʻolālā i kahi hoʻolālā ulu kūpono. Eia naʻe, ma Ianuali 18, ua hōʻole ʻo Spirit i kēia mau ʻōlelo, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻohe ona manaʻo e waiho i ka panakalupa a ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia i nā hoʻolālā hou e hoʻopaʻa i kona wā e hiki mai ana. Ua haʻalele ʻo JetBlue i kāna mau hoʻāʻo ʻana ma Malaki 4, 2024, ma hope o ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ka luna kānāwai federal e hōʻemi ka hui ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū.