Spirit Airlines stock rebounds after appeal of JetBlue merger block

Spirit Airlines stock rebounds after appeal of JetBlue merger block

Spirit and JetBlue planes at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.  Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spirit Airlines shares jumped about 10% Monday after the budget carrier and JetBlue said after the market closed on Friday they would appeal a federal judge’s ruling … Read more

How Spirit Airlines’ shaky future could make American travel worse

How Spirit Airlines’ shaky future could make American travel worse

Spirit Airlines airplanes at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Spirit Airlines Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on October 26. Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge’s order blocking a $3.8 billion-dollar deal that would … Read more

Why United Airlines invested $1 billion in Denver Airport

Why United Airlines invested  billion in Denver Airport

Last year was Denver International Airport’s busiest on record. While airline stocks have yet to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels, passengers have returned in droves — and millions of them are flying through the Colorado hub. “We will end 2023 much higher than our forecast at about 78 million passengers annually,” said Phil Washington, CEO … Read more

JetBlue-Spirit ruling doesn’t spell doom for Alaska-Hawaiian merger

JetBlue-Spirit ruling doesn’t spell doom for Alaska-Hawaiian merger

Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes takeoff at the same time from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 21, 2023. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s Justice Department has successfully had two airline linkups halted in court in recent months. That doesn’t necessarily spell … Read more

Spirit could slash fares, restructure after failed JetBlue takeover

Spirit could slash fares, restructure after failed JetBlue takeover

A JetBlue airliner lands past a Spirit Airlines jet on taxi way at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Monday, April 25, 2022. Joe Cavaretta | Sun Sentinel | Getty Images Spirit Airlines is on shaky footing after JetBlue Airways‘ proposed $3.8 billion takeover of the budget carrier was blocked by a federal judge this … Read more

JetBlue-Spirit merger block in win for Biden’s Justice Department

JetBlue-Spirit merger block in win for Biden’s Justice Department

LaGuardia International Airport Terminal A for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in New York. Leslie Josephs | CNBC A federal judge blocked JetBlue Airways‘ purchase of budget rival Spirit Airlines, a major win for Biden’s Justice Department, which sued to stop the merger, alleging it would drive up fares for some of the most price-sensitive consumers. … Read more

Flight disruptions linger amid winter storms, Max 9 grounding

Flight disruptions linger amid winter storms, Max 9 grounding

More than 320 flights have been canceled because of a winter storm that brought snow and freezing temperatures to Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on Jan. 15, 2024. RJ Sangosti | Denver Post | Getty Images Airlines canceled more than 1,800 U.S. flights Tuesday as winter weather continued to disrupt travel for millions of … Read more

Flights canceled, delayed as weather, Max 9 grounding disrupt travel

Flights canceled, delayed as weather, Max 9 grounding disrupt travel

An Embraer E175LR passengers aircraft of American Eagles airlines (C) taxxing before take-off to Pittsburg is seen at La Guardia Airport on January 9, 2024. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Airlines canceled about 2,000 U.S. flights Friday as they grapple with winter weather and the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes.  Storms … Read more

Airline stocks tumble after Delta trims profit forecast

Airline stocks tumble after Delta trims profit forecast

A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-700 seen lining up before departure at Princess Juliana airport. Fabrizio Gandolfo | Lightrocket | Getty Images Delta Air Lines shares slipped about 7% Friday after the company trimmed its 2024 earnings forecast.  Delta forecast full-year earnings per share of $6 to $7, below its previous estimate of more than $7 … Read more

Companies losing pricing power after years of unbridled spending

Companies losing pricing power after years of unbridled spending

Pedestrians carrying Nike and Allbirds shopping bags in the SoHo neighborhood of New York on Oct. 24, 2021. Nina Westervelt | Bloomberg | Getty Images After years of unbridled consumer spending on everything from home improvement to dream vacations, some companies are now finding the limits of their pricing power. Shipping giant FedEx last week … Read more