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Profile for: Spirit Airlines
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NameAliasIATAICAOCountryBaseDates
Spirit Airlines NKNKSUSA.FloridaDetroit-Metropolitan; Fort Lauderdale1992-
Started scheduled services in 1993 from Florida. Acquisition by Comair failed in 1996. Moved HQ from Michigan to Florida in 1999. 51% interest acquired in 2004 by Oaktree Capital Management Llc, California. Controlling interest purchased 7/06 by Indigo Partners LLC, Phoenix (owned by William A Franke, former head of America West). Halved its size and operations during 2008 (announced 3/6/08). IPO announced 18/9/10, launched 26/5/11. Shares of Indigo Partners resold in 7/13. Purchase offer from Frontier Airlines for $6.6b announced 7/2/22; counter-offer from JetBlue announced 6/4/22. Agreement to be taken over by JetBlue for $3.8b announced on 28/7/22, to be completed mid-2024 after legal agreements; however deal was blocked by US DoJ on 7/3/23 due to competition concerns and that decision was confirmed on 16/1/24; merger plan officially abandinned by JetBlue on 4/3/24. Entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 18/11/24, continuing operations. Exited Chapter 11 on 12/3/25. Entered Chapter 11 again on 29/8/25.
Charter One AirlinesGround Air TransferNK USA.FloridaAtlantic City; Detroit,MI/Ft.Lauderdale1980-1992

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SubFleets for: Spirit Airlines
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  Fleet Timeline
OperatorModelSub-TypeCurrent
Active		Current
Leased
-out		Current
Inactive		Planned
Current
or
Planned
HistoricalTotal
all times		Avg Age
Active
Spirit ALA319A319ceo (IAE)     3838- 
Spirit ALA319A319neo (PW)     3131-
Spirit ALA320A320ceo (IAE)52 10 6226411.6 years
Spirit ALA320A320neo (PW)20 7124115181332.6 years
Spirit ALA321A321ceo (IAE)22 7 297368.9 years
Spirit ALA321A321neo (PW)20 12336529941.1 year
Spirit ALDC-9DC-9-20     33-
Spirit ALDC-9DC-9-30     1414-
Spirit ALDC-9DC-9-40     22-
Spirit ALDC-9DC-9-80 (MD-80)     4040-
Spirit ALCV-340/440CV-580 Series  1 123-
 TOTAL:114 101572721864587.7 years
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All-times Fleets of Spirit Airlines
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Current & Planned Fleets of Spirit Airlines
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