I do know that with Boeing's problems they are way behind on airplane deliveries so maybe Spirit can sell some of their planes to other airlines. However, they are probably leased but could get other airlines to take over those leases.
The budget airlines have been on life support since COVID, so not surprising. These companies are learning that the cost of doing business cant be cut too much, the fixed costs are too high for airlines.
I believe that Spirit is all airbus. I dont know if they were planning on buying the 737 max, but if they did, might be a stupid decision on there part irrespective of the Boeing issues. A cheap carrier needs to reduce training and maintenance costs by sticking with one airplane model.
JetBlue had a deal to buy them but the US District Court in bastun said it would violate antitrust laws
With all of the airlines that doesn't seem logical to me. Maybe they would have had a monopoly on some routes and airports?
Seems that the Antitrust Division of the DOJ made a major miscalculation when it blocked the merger of Spirit with JetBlue. Just my opinion and it's way too late since they all occurred over 10 years ago, the mergers of UAL and Continental, Delta and Northwest and American and US Air should have been blocked. Those were much more anti-competitive than the Spirit- JetBlue merger would have been.
