Frontier and Spirit Airlines will once again try to merge, only months after the Biden administration won a key antitrust court battle to block an attempt by JetBlue to buy Spirit.
Frontier Airlines is making another offer to merge with bankrupt Spirit Airlines, less than two years after a previous plan fell through.
Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection last year, says it has rejected the new Frontier overture but would be open to a higher offer.
The South Florida-based budget airlines has rejected another one of Frontier's attempts to combine. Find out the details.
Budget carrier Frontier Airlines announced on Wednesday that it has made another bid for fellow discount carrier Spirit Airlines, which is in bankruptcy, for an undisclosed sum.
Spirit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2024, six months after a proposed merger with JetBlue collapsed.
Frontier Airlines is attempting for a second time to merge with the now bankrupt Spirit Airlines, which declared bankruptcy late last year as budget airlines struggle.
Frontier Airlines publicly announced a second offer to merge with Spirit Airlines in a press release after its 2022 offer was also rejected.
Frontier Airlines is attempting for a second time to merge with the now bankrupt Spirit Airlines, which declared bankruptcy late last year as budget airlines struggle. Frontier Group Holdings Inc., the parent company of Frontier Airlines, said Wednesday that the proposed deal would include newly issued Frontier debt and common stock.
Other airlines like Spirit and Frontier have also introduced similar premium bundles with benefits like guaranteed middle seats and early boarding. JetBlue's EvenMore premium ticket bundle is officially on sale and the revamped service will be fully implemented across the airline's network on Tuesday.
Frontier Airlines has proposed merging with bankrupt Spirit Airlines, suggesting it offers a more valuable alternative to Spirit’s current restructuring plan, following a previously derailed merger in 2022 due to a competing JetBlue offer.