SPIRIT AIRLINES

U.S. officials say federal agents have arrested a Puerto Rican woman accused of assaulting two Spirit Airlines employees after she was removed from a plane and tried to get back on it

Shannon Epstein reportedly yelled that the deputies who arrested her would get in trouble because of her uncle's connection to former President Donald Trump.

The government and two major airlines are giving starkly contrasting views about the impact of an alliance between the airlines.

JetBlue Airways plans to launch flights from New York to Paris next summer.

Two of three newly constructed gates will open in December as part of a $2.5 billion capital improvement project approved a year ago.

Spirit Airlines shareholders have approved a takeover by JetBlue Airways, ending a six-month battle to create the country's fifth-largest carrier.

Spirit Airlines shareholders are approving a $3.8 billion sale of the company to JetBlue Airways.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said it would file an application for a union vote for JetBlue's ground workers.

Breeze will fly its brand-new Airbus A220 aircraft on every one of the new routes, which is easily more comfortable than competing airlines' planes.

“You have lost your mind; don’t touch me ever in your life!” the agent yelled at the woman in a viral video of the fight.

Spirit's expenses soared more than 66% compared with three years ago. Its fuel bill more than doubled.

JetBlue posted a second-quarter loss and scaled back capacity growth plans.

JetBlue is setting its sights on getting rid of Spirit's tight seating and basic cabins.

JetBlue's takeover of Spirit Airlines requires the blessing of the Justice Department.

The agreement Thursday capped a months-long bidding war and arrives one day after Spirit's attempt to merge with Frontier Airlines fell apart. The deal still needs approval from antitrust regulators.

The deal comes a day after Spirit and Frontier Airlines agreed to abandon their merger proposal.

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The combined entity will be the fifth-largest airline in the United States.

JetBlue Airways is buying Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion in a deal that could increase competition at the top end of the U.S. airline industry while eliminating the largest discount airline for travelers on a tight budget.

JetBlue Airways reached a deal to buy Spirit Airlines after the discounter broke off its merger agreement with Frontier Airlines.

Spirit terminated its merger agreement with Frontier Airlines, months after a rival bid by JetBlue threw the planned tie-up into disarray.

Spirit Airlines shareholders vote on a planned merger with Frontier Airlines.

Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines are abandoning their merger proposal, which opens the way for JetBlue Airways to strike a deal for Spirit.

In March Spirit announced crew bases in American Airlines hub Miami and at Delta Air Lines-dominated Atlanta.

Proxy advisory firm ISS has again changed its opinion on the Spirit-Frontier deal again.

Spirit Airlines has delayed a vote on its planned tie-up with Frontier Airlines for a fourth time.

On Tuesday, Spirit Airlines announced that it was bringing nonstop flights from San Antonio to two popular travel destinations: Las Vegas and Orlando.

Ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines will offer flights between San Antonio and popular vacation destinations, Orlando and Las Vegas.

Starting Nov. 17, the airline will offer daily, nonstop routes from San Antonio to Las Vegas and Nevada.

Frontier Airlines has asked Spirit Airlines to further delay a shareholder vote on their planned merger.

Frontier Airlines, facing likely defeat in its bid to merge with Spirit Airlines, is asking for another delay in a shareholder vote on the deal. Frontier CEO Barry Biffle said in a letter made public Monday that his airline is “very far” from winning approval by Spirit shareholders, who are weighing a higher-priced buyout offer from JetBlue Airways. A shareholder vote at Spirit, already postponed three times, is scheduled for Friday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Tampa are safe after one of the plane’s brakes overheated and briefly caught fire upon landing in Atlanta on Sunday, airport officials said.

Nobody was hurt in the incident, but passengers were alarmed when they saw smoke rising from under the plane after touching down.

Spirit Airlines delayed a shareholder vote on a planned tie-up with Frontier for a third time.

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Spirit Airlines is again delaying a shareholder vote set for Friday on its deal to merge with Frontier Airlines.

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Shares of Spirit Airlines are rising after the budget airline postponed a vote on a merger with Frontier for the second time.

Spirit Airlines said Wednesday that it would delay a shareholder vote on its proposed merger with Frontier Airlines scheduled for tomorrow until July 8.

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Shareholders of Spirit Airlines will vote next month on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines.

The battle between Frontier and JetBlue for discount airline Spirit is the most contentious in recent years.

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LaGuardia International Airport Terminal A for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in New York. JetBlue Airways again increased its offer for Spirit Airlines as a shareholder vote for the discounter's deal to merge with Frontier Airlines is just days away. Frontier sweetened its offer on Friday and Spirit's CEO told CNBC then that Spirit's board still found that to be a superior bid. Spirit shares were up 5% in afterhours trading on the news, while JetBlue's were up less than 1% and Frontier's were up 1%. Spirit and Frontier shares fell sharply in regular trading.

Shares of Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines have tumbled just days ahead of a crucial shareholder vote on their proposed merger.

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The bidding war over Spirit Airlines is heating up again.

Frontier Airlines on Friday added more cash and a larger breakup fee to its offer to buy Spirit Airlines, and the Spirit board repeated its preference for Frontier over a rival bid by JetBlue Airways. The Denver-based airline also raised the amount it would pay Miramar, Florida-based Spirit if antitrust regulators stop the deal — from $250 million to $350 million — matching JetBlue's proposed breakup fee. Spirit said that, given the sweetened terms, its board reiterated its unanimous recommendation that shareholders approve the Frontier offer at a special meeting next Thursday.

Frontier Airlines sweetened its offer to combine with fellow budget carrier Spirit Airlines, that airline said late Friday, less than a week before Spirit shareholders are set to vote on the deal.

A possible mechanical issue forced a Spirit Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport, an official said.

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JetBlue is boosting its offer to buy Spirit Airlines, raising the stakes again in the bidding war over the nation’s biggest budget airline.

JetBlue recently sweetened its offer for Spirit to include a $350 million reverse break-up fee.

Spirit Airlines, the target of a budget airline bidding war, is postponing a Friday vote on whether to accept one of those buyout offers after a flurry of counter proposals from JetBlue and Frontier Airlines.

Spirit Airlines is postponing its Friday shareholder meeting until June 30 so it can continue talks with stockholders, Frontier Airlines and JetBlue Airways.

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The bidding war over Spirit Airlines is ramping up again with JetBlue boosting its offer for the discount carrier just days after rival Frontier upped its own bid for Spirit.

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Stocks are off to a higher start on Wall Street Monday led by more gains in big tech companies.

Frontier Airlines' parent company said it would pay a $250 million reverse breakup fee to Spirit Airlines if regulators don't approve the planned merger.

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Spirit Airlines’ board still supports Frontier Airlines’ $2.9 billion takeover bid for the airline, saying it determined JetBlue’s competing $3.6 billion offer isn’t a superior proposal.

The fight for Spirit Airlines is heating up again.

Investors seem to be taking a slightly dim view of JetBlue's bid to buy Spirit Airlines for $3.6 billion.

Air travelers in the U.S. are getting a break after a bad weekend that left thousands of flyers stranded.

Several congressional Democrats are raising doubts about the proposed merger of Frontier and Spirit airlines.

Spirit Airlines is putting numbers on a damaging stretch of flight cancellations this summer.

Spirit Airlines and American Airlines are now in day three of nationwide flight cancellations, which started Monday.

It's summertime and airports are packed with vacationers again.

Airlines are adding more flights as the number of travelers continues to rise.

Separately, key members of Congress said they are investigating aviation contractors that took federal payroll aid and then laid off thousands of workers. Airlines and airline contractors who received cash from a $32 billion pool of federal payroll aid agreed not to lay off workers until Oct. 1. Airline labor unions are lobbying Congress for six more months of federal aid. Some contractors who received money laid off workers anyway, according to three Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. At Spirit, the pilots union said it was notified Wednesday that 806 pilots could be furloughed, or terminated with rehiring rights.