Namhlanje, iSpirit Airlines ibhengeze ukuqeshwa kukaDave Davis njengeGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko elitsha (i-CEO), kulandela ukuphuma kwenkampani yenqwelomoya yakutsha nje ekubhetyebheni kunye nohlengahlengiso lweBhodi yabaLawuli.
UDavis, owayekade esebenza njengeGosa lezeMali eliyiNtloko (CFO) kwi-ekhuphisana ne-Sun Country Airlines ukususela ngo-2018, uya kuba noxanduva lokukhokela inguqu ebalulekileyo ye-Spirit Airlines. Inkampani ijonge ukulahla isidima sayo sexabiso eliphantsi kwaye izibeke kwakhona njengenqwelomoya yeprimiyamu emva kokufumana iminyaka emininzi yokwanda kwelahleko yemali.
Ukuqeshwa, okuza kuqala ukusebenza nge-21 ka-Epreli, kulandela kwiveki nje emva kokuba u-Ted Christie erhoxile kwisikhundla sakhe njenge-CEO ye-Spirit, esebenza ngokukhawuleza, njengenxalenye yohlengahlengiso lwequmrhu.
UDavis ebekhe wasebenza njengeGosa lezeMali eliyiNtloko leNorthwest Airlines phambi kokudityaniswa kwayo neDelta Air Lines.
NgokukaSihlalo woMoya uRobert Milton, amava kaDavis kuzo zombini iNorthwest Airlines kwaye, kutsha nje, kwiSun Country Airlines, imxhobisa kakuhle kakhulu ukukhokela uMoya ngoguquko oluqhubekayo.
Kwisaziso solawulo esahlukileyo ngoLwesine, iLanga Country yaqinisekisa ukuhamba kukaDavis kwangoko.
Okwangoku, uMoya uye waseka iofisi yesikhashana ye-CEO, equka iGosa eliPhezulu lezeMali uFred Cromer, iGosa eliPhezulu lokuSebenza uJohn Bendoraitis, kunye noMcebisi Jikelele uThomas Canfield, ukujongana ne-airline de kube kuqeshwe umphathi omtsha.
I-Spirit Airlines, Inc. yinqwelomoya yaseMelika eyaziwa ngemodeli yayo enexabiso eliphantsi kakhulu, kunye nekomkhulu layo eliseDania Beach, eFlorida, ngaphakathi kwingingqi yedolophu yaseMiami. Inqwelo moya ibonelela ngeenkonzo ezicwangcisiweyo kulo lonke elase-United States, kwiCaribbean, naseLatin America. Ukusukela ngo-2023, i-Spirit yabekwa njengeyesixhenxe inkulu yenqwelo moya yabakhweli kuMntla Melika kwaye ibambe isihloko sesona sikhulu senqwelomoya sinexabiso eliphantsi kakhulu kulo mmandla.
NgoFebruwari ka-2022, iFrontier Airlines yatyhila isicwangciso sayo sokufumana iSpirit Airlines, ngokuxhomekeke kulwamkelo lolawulo, nesitokhwe seFrontier Airlines esichongwe njengequmrhu elisindileyo. Oku kudityaniswa kuya kubeka inqwelomoya esandul' ukusekwa njengeyesihlanu ngobukhulu eUnited States. Nangona kunjalo, ngoJulayi ka-2022, abaninizabelo bakaMoya bavote ngokuchasene nesiphakamiso sikaFrontier.
Ngo-Epreli ka-2022, i-JetBlue yenza isithembiso sokufumana i-Spirit nge-33 yeedola ngesabelo semali, iyonke malunga ne-3.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. NgoMeyi, uMoya wachaza ukuba ibhodi yayo yabalawuli ikhethe ukungaqhubeki i-JetBlue. I-Spirit Airlines ivakalise inkxalabo yokuba ukufunyanwa yi-JetBlue, inqwelomoya yexabiso eliphezulu, ye-ultra-low-cost-low carrier ingajongana nenkcaso evela kwi-Antitrust Division yeSebe lezoBulungisa lase-US, elinokuthi ligqibe kwelokuba ukudibanisa okunjalo kuya kukhokelela ekunyuseni kwamaxabiso kubathengi. Ukongeza, uMoya wabonisa ukuba iCandelo lokuTrust ngoku livavanya umanyano lweqhinga leJetBlue kunye neAmerican Airlines ngezizathu ezifanayo.
NgoJulayi ka-2022, i-JetBlue yangena kwisivumelwano sokufumana i-Spirit Airlines ngexabiso le-33.50 yeedola ngesabelo ngasinye, kunye nenkuthazo eyongezelelweyo kubanini-zabelo boMoya. Oku kudityaniswa bekuya kubeka eli qumrhu lidityanisiweyo njengenkampani yeenqwelomoya yesihlanu ngobukhulu eUnited States. Abaninizabelo beSpirit basivumile isivumelwano; nangona kunjalo, iSebe lezoBulungisa langenelela ngokufaka isimangalo ukuthintela ukudityaniswa, besithi oko kuya kukhokelela "ekunyusweni kwamaxabiso, ukunciphisa indawo yokuhlala, kunye neziphumo ezibi kwizigidi zabathengi." Ityala laqala ngo-Oktobha 2023. NgoJanuwari 16, 2024, ijaji ye-federal yagweba ngokuchasene nokuthengwa kwe-JetBlue ye-Spirit Airlines, ukugqiba ukuba ukudibanisa kuya kuba kukuchasana nokukhuphisana kunye nokulimaza kubathengi.
Ngenxa yoko, isitokhwe seSpirit Airlines sehle ngomyinge wama-47%, nto leyo ephakamisa inkxalabo malunga nekamva lenkampani yomoya. Abahlalutyi bacingela ukuba uMoya unokufuna ukufuna ukukhuselwa kweSahluko se-11 sokutshona, okunokuthi kukhokhelele kwinkqubo yokuvalwa ukuba ayiphumelelanga ukuyila isicwangciso sokukhula esisebenzayo. Nangona kunjalo, nge-18 kaJanuwari, uSpirit wawakhaba ngawo omane la mabango, esithi akananjongo yokufaka isicelo sokubhanga kwaye wayephonononga iindlela ezintsha zokukhusela ikamva lakhe. I-JetBlue ekugqibeleni yaziyeka iinzame zayo zokufumana izinto ngo-Matshi 4, 2024, emva kwesigqibo sejaji yomanyano lokuba ukudityaniswa kuya kunciphisa ukhuphiswano.