The largest budget airline in the U.S., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Known for its low fares and minimalist approach, Spirit’s financial turmoil now raises questions for passengers with upcoming travel plans. Despite the filing, the carrier’s leadership says it plans to continue operations while reorganizing. The timing has raised many questions among industry watchers.

Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue.

Spirit Airlines says it won’t announce its quarterly financial results on time because the company is focused on talks with bond holders to restructure its debt.

Spirit Airlines is cutting jobs and selling off some jets worth millions of dollars as the budget carrier aims to cut costs amid looming financial struggles and an uncertain future.

Passengers aboard a Florida-bound plane were evacuated onto a taxiway at an Ohio airport after a mechanical issue forced the crew to abort a takeoff.

Spirit Airlines is about to roll out tickets that include perks like free snacks and no fee for checking a bag.

U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company’s role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the world.

Passengers headed to Florida were told to prepare for a possible water landing after the aircraft was turned around due to an apparent mechanical problem.

JetBlue and Spirit Airlines have to wait until June for a chance to save their $3.8 billion merger.

JetBlue and Spirit Airlines are appealing a judge's ruling that is blocking their planned merger.

Asian shares are trading mixed as pessimism spreads among investors about any imminent interest rate cut in the U.S. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei finished little changed Thursday, inching down less than 0.1%.

What's next for Spirit Airlines, now that it won't be merging with JetBlue.

What's next for Spirit Airlines, now that it won't be merging with JetBlue.

Asian shares are trading mostly lower after a decline overnight on Wall Street.

The prospect of a JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger has taken a major hit in court.

A federal judge has sided with the Biden administration and blocked JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines.

A federal judge has sided with the Biden administration and blocked JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines.

A man on a flight from Louisville to Orlando was arrested after agents say he was disruptive on the flight, grabbing one flight attendant and asking her and another attendant if they wanted to join the “mile high club.”

A 6-year-old traveling alone on a Spirit Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Fort Myers somehow ended up in Orlando instead, according to CBS news.

JetBlue says it needs to buy Spirit Airlines to compete with bigger airlines in a post-Covid travel world.

The Biden administration and JetBlue Airways are facing off in court over the Biden administration's effort to stop JetBlue from buying Spirit Airlines.

Southwest Airlines earned $193 million in the third quarter, 30% less than its profit a year ago.

Spirit Airlines is canceling about 100 flights because it's pulling some planes out of service for inspections.

JetBlue says in court filings that it could raise fares on some routes by up to 40% if it succeeds in buying Spirit Airlines.

U.S. consumer confidence shot to the highest level in two years this month as inflationary pressures eased and the American economy continued to show resilience in the face of dramatically higher interest rates.

Three airlines will be relocating inside the Orlando International Airport, according to transportation officials.

JetBlue is trying to improve its chances of buying Spirit Airlines over government objections.

Spirit Airlines and Air Canada have been dealing with technical issues that have delayed some of the airlines’ flights.

Budget airline Spirit is launching a new nonstop service to and from Orlando International Airport.

A Spirit Airlines flight that was travelling from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Orlando International Airport had to make an emergency landing Tuesday at Jacksonville International Airport.

Police say an Orlando man upset about fees for a Spirit Airlines flight at Orlando International Airport claimed there was a bomb on the plane, prompting a search and the man’s arrest.

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

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

Though it's a burden for travelers, airlines have been able to stay afloat because of baggage fees.

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

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

Shareholders of Spirit Airlines will vote Thursday on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines, and the outcome could affect fares for millions of air travelers who depend on the budget airlines.

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

The bidding war over Spirit Airlines is heating up again.

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

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.

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.

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

JetBlue is going hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines.

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.

Workers with Spirit Airlines shouted, "enough is enough" on Monday as they walked with yellow signs that read "contract violations must end now" outside Orlando International Airport.

Barry Biffle is juggling his day job as CEO of Frontier Airlines while also working to save a proposed merger with Spirit Airlines that would create the nation’s fifth-biggest carrier by some measures.

The fight for Spirit Airlines is heating up again.

A Spirit flight made an emergency stop at Daytona Beach International Airport Thursday morning following a suspected mechanical issue, according to airline officials.

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

JetBlue Airways is trying to buy Spirit Airlines and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with fellow budget airline Frontier.

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.

Ponce is on Puerto Rico’s southern coast and is the U.S. territory’s second-largest city.

Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines are proposing to combine in a $2.9 billion deal.

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By Monday afternoon, Orlando International Airport was only dealing with 18 American Airlines cancellations.

A Spirit Airlines flight heading to South Florida had to be evacuated Saturday in New Jersey.

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

Two people were killed in a crash involving a tractor trailer Wednesday morning, according to the Leesburg Police Department.

Problems persist for Spirit Airlines.

A pedestrian was killed in a crash in Marion County around 9:17 p.m. on Friday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A back-to-school event at a Walmart in Ocoee will be offering free COVID-19 doses Friday afternoon.

Friday is International Beer Day and while you may not need an occasion to celebrate, why not take advantage of the “holiday” to try out a Central Florida brewery?

Employees at CVS will be starting at a new minimum wage rate in the next year, according to a press release.

A 47-year-old Ormond Beach man was killed in a crash in Daytona Beach around 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Spirit Airlines canceled 79 flights at the Orlando International Airport and hundreds of flights nationwide again stranding thousands of passengers on Tuesday for the third day in a row.

For the third day in a row, Spirit Airlines is facing significant disruptions.

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

Spirit Airlines passengers are enduring long waits due to canceled flights.

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

DeSantis reassured travelers flying would not increase their chances of catching the virus but didnt disclose what data or studies could prove that. DeSantis said we track the best we can what goes on in Florida and asked the airline representatives if theyve seen in outbreaks related to air travel. The research we have seen to date, and our own investigations with the worlds airlines, tell us that the risk of catching COVID-19 on a flight remains very low. In general, the longer you are around a person with COVID-19, the more likely you are to get infected, according to CDC information on COVID-19 and travel. However, social distancing is difficult on crowded flights, and sitting within 6 feet of others, sometimes for hours, may increase your risk of getting COVID-19, according to CDC.gov.

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.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Several Spirit Airlines employees were injured Tuesday night when they were attacked by three women who were apparently upset that their flight from Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia had been delayed, sheriff's officials said. The women hit the employees with miscellaneous items, such as phones, shoes, full water bottles, metal boarding signs and fast food, according to Broward Sheriff's Office arrest reports. The incident happened outside the gate of a flight to Philadelphia in the airport's Terminal 4. Deputies arrested the women, who are all from Philadelphia. Tymaya Wright, 20, was charged with battery and petit theft for taking a Spirit employees phone and putting it in her backpack.