I-Spirit Airlines ibhengeze ukuba i-CEO u-Ted Christie urhoxile, usebenza kwangoko, emva nje kokuba inkampani iphume ekubhangisweni kwaye ihlengahlengise ibhodi yayo yabalawuli. IGosa eliyiNtloko lezoRhwebo zeSpirit Airlines (CCO) uMat Klein naye uyayishiya inkampani, kunye nenkampani yangaphakathi uRana Ghosh ethatha isikhundla.
UChristie, okhokele inqwelo moya enexabiso eliphantsi ukusukela ngo-2019, uya kuphumelela okwethutyana liqela lobunkokeli bethutyana, elibandakanya uCFO Fred Cromer, i-COO uJohn Bendoraitis, kunye noMcebisi Jikelele uThomas Canfield, oza kujongana nenkampani de kukhethwe i-CEO entsha.
Olu tshintsho lobunkokeli lungqamana notshintsho lukaMoya ukusuka kwinqwelomoya yebhajethi ukuya kwiprimiyamu yokuthwala. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya, ejongene nemiceli mngeni emininzi kwiinzame zayo zokubuyela kubhubhani wehlabathi jikelele we-COVID-19, yafakela ukhuseleko kwiSahluko se-11 ngo-2024 kwaye yaphuma ngempumelelo ekubhengezeni ngoMatshi walo nyaka.
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, inquma ukuba ukudibanisa kuya kuba yinto echasene nokukhuphisana kwaye ibe yingozi 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.
