Phillip Longman offers an interesting piece in The Atlantic with the same title, noting the tension between too little competition squeezing consumers and too much competition leading to a race to the bottom in the US airline industry. Let’s...
Maybe Spirit Airlines Is Not Doing So Badly After All?
Spirit Airlines stock jumped more than 20% this morning after it revised its financial forecast, suggesting it may not be doing as bad as many analysts have surmised. Meanwhile, Spirit is pushing JetBlue to appeal the decision blocking the...
The Spurious Legal Reasoning Behind JetBlue-Spirit Merger Decision
I sat in bed last night and read the entire 109-page decision of Judge William Young in US v JetBlue, which blocked the merger between JetBlue and Spirit. Bottom line: I think the opinion represents spurious legal analysis. Blocked...
Man Arrested After Requesting Entry To Cockpit…And Flight Attendants…On Spirit Airlines Flight To Florida
A Michigan man faces criminal charges after alcohol-fueled comments and physical contact surrounding the “mile high club” onboard his Spirit Airlines flight to Florida. Man Accused Of Grabbing Flight Attendants In Mile High Quest On Spirit Airlines Flight, Then...
Loco: Drunk Man Attacks Police Officers On Spirit Airlines Flight To Florida
Losing a child custody battle in a Colombian court to a Colombian ex-wife is bound to be depressing, but becoming inebriated on the Spirit Airlines flight home to Florida and then attacking police officers made a bad matter far...
JetBlue’s Spirit Purchase All But Certain Before 2024
Closing arguments in the government’s case against JetBlue’s purchase of Spirit Airlines have concluded. It looks all but certain the two are combining before the end of the year. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new...
Judge Hints At Potential Compromise In JetBlue – Spirit Merger Trial
Closing arguments concluded today in a trial that will determine whether JetBlue and Spirit Airlines will merge. Although U.S. District Judge William Young carefully guarded his words, his statements suggest a compromise of more slot divesture could lead to...
Spirit Airlines Pulls Out Of Denver, Handing Victory To United Airlines
Spirit Airlines is pulling out of Denver, citing the “underperformance” of routes from the Mile High City and in so doing, handing victory to United Airlines and also to Southwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines, the three largest carriers at...
How Spirit Airlines CEO Spins Massive Loss
Spirit Airlines just reported its latest financial performance and the picture is very bleak, with the carrier racking up a substantial loss during the busy summer months. Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie Explains Massive Loss During Historically Profitable Period...
Clueless Spirit Airlines Agent Calls Cops On Passenger
A Live And Let’s Fly reader reached out concerning an incident with Spirit Airlines. It sounded somewhat far-fetched, but I spoke to him about it and he quickly convinced me this incident really did happen at a Spirit Airlines...
Clothing Is Optional On Spirit Airlines…?
When it comes to flying Spirit Airlines out of Florida, it seems that a swimsuit is no problem and clothing is optional… Spirit Airlines Passenger Wears Swimsuit…Or Maybe Not? Let’s get right to the video, which appears to have...
Spirit Airlines Passenger Charged With Attempted Murder After Placing Police Officer In Chokehold At Ticket Counter In Orlando
When you do not get the answer you want from a Spirit Airlines check-in agent, the answer is not to attack the agent and then to attack the police officer who is called in to break up the fight....
No Tearaney, You Cannot Fight Your Way Onboard A Spirit Airlines Flight…
A passenger tried to fight her way onboard a Spirit Airlines flight in Atlanta after she was denied boarding for suspected intoxication. That’s not the way thing work… No, You Cannot Fight You Way Onboard An Aircraft After Being...
Feisty Senior Citizen Puts Drunk Spirit Airlines Passenger In Her Place
Sometimes all flight attendants or law enforcement officers need to do is step back and let the other passengers handle the problematic one. In the case of a belligerent drunk woman on Spirit Airlines flight, it was a feisty...
Is Spirit Airlines Employing Off-Duty Cops To Protect Gate Agents?
Earlier today I wrote about a Spirit Airlines incident at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in which a gate agent was viciously attacked by a deranged pregnant passenger. I want to focus our attention on an issue that was casually mentioned...
Shocking: Impatient Pregnant Passenger Ambushes Spirit Airlines Gate Agent In Atlanta After Boarding Delay
A tragic story from Atlanta, where a pregnant passenger attacked a Spirit Airlines gate agent and wrestled with her on the floor after being denied boarding on her flight to Philadelphia. It took several people to pull her off...
Spirit Airlines Passengers Enraged After Flight Leaves Early
I witnessed something yesterday that was both sad and instructive: you need to monitor boarding closely for your flight, especially in a crowded gate area. A group of passengers missed their flight to Las Vegas when their flight left...
Spirit Airlines Flight Attendant Mocks How Her Employer Nickels And Dimes
A Spirit Airlines flight attendant took to the PA system to let passengers know how nothing is free onboard, sparking laughter. Is this a new dispensation of the sort of humor first pioneered by flight attendants at Southwest Airlines...
Spirit Airlines Gate Agent Threatens To Sue Passenger For Filming Him
Generally, if you want to defuse tensions, you do not threaten to sue a passenger, especially when you have no valid claim. But that did not stop a Spirit Airlines gate agent in Las Vegas from threatening to sue...
Irrefutable Proof The JetBlue-Spirit Merger Hurts Consumers
Last week, I remarked that the Department of Justice hadn’t filed a lawsuit to block JetBlue’s acquisition of Spirit Airlines. They’ve since filed and here’s the data they need to shut the merger down. If you are considering booking...
