Frontier Airlines bids again to merge with Spirit with new hope in Trump White House
Frontier Airlines proposes merging with fellow budget carrier Spirit — again
Frontier Airlines Says Bankruptcy Won’t Fix Spirit. Its Solution: Merge
Ticker: Frontier renews bid for Spirit; Mortgage rates ease
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.
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Frontier is making an offer to acquire the beleaguered Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in November.
Spirit Airlines rejects new merger offer from Frontier
Rather than accept Frontier’s offer, Spirit said it will stick to its current plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Bankrupt Spirit rejects another Frontier merger offer
The South Florida-based budget airlines has rejected another one of Frontier's attempts to combine. Find out the details.
Frontier announces second attempt to combine with Spirit Airlines
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.
Frontier makes another bid to buy now-bankrupt Spirit Airlines
Frontier tried to merge with Spirit in 2022 but was outbid by JetBlue. However, the Justice Department sued to block the $3.8 billion JetBlue deal, saying it would drive up prices for Spirit customers who depend on low fares, and a federal judge agreed in January. JetBlue and Spirit dropped their merger bid two months later.
Spirit Airlines rejects Frontier's 2nd attempt to buy the struggling carrier
Spirit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2024, six months after a proposed merger with JetBlue collapsed.
Frontier makes an offer to rescue Spirit Airlines
Frontier Airlines is making another offer to merge with bankrupt Spirit Airlines, less than two years after a previous plan fell through.
Frontier makes a second bid for Spirit with budget airlines struggling
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.
America’s two largest budget airlines propose merger — what could it mean for fliers?
The two airlines are the largest budget carriers in the US and any deal between the two could reshape the American airline industry.
Spirit Airlines rejects Frontier’s new merger bid; Frontier ready to keep talking
Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has rejected a second bid to merge with Frontier Airlines, saying the Denver-based airline’s offer was too low. Frontier said in a statement Wednesday that the merger “would provide meaningful value to Spirit financial stakeholders” in excess of Spirit’s restructuring plan.