{"id":125273,"date":"2026-02-27T17:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/125273\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:34:06","slug":"spirit-airlines-to-exit-bankruptcy-with-fewer-flights-impact-on-pittsburgh-airports-unclear-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/125273\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Airlines to exit bankruptcy with fewer flights, impact on Pittsburgh airports unclear \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Spirit Airlines travelers may be getting a bit more certainty in the coming months over the airline\u2019s future, with word it plans to exit its second bankruptcy in two years later in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Spirit announced it had reached a deal with its creditors to settle its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which will mean fewer airplanes and fewer flights than it has currently. Spirit is already down double digits on flights compared to this time last year, according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cThis agreement in principle is the result of months of hard work and allows Spirit to move toward completing its transformation,\u201d said Spirit Airlines President and CEO Dave Davis in a statement. \u201cSpirit will emerge a stronger, leaner competitor that is positioned to profitabily deliver the value American consumers expect at a price they want to pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/02\/25\/spirit-airlines-plans-leaner-future.html?ana=wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/02\/25\/spirit-airlines-plans-leaner-future.html?ana=wpxi\">Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spirit Airlines travelers may be getting a bit more certainty in the coming months over the airline\u2019s future,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3855,58648,58647,17913,73,6845,58649,75,6846,74,58650,58651,58653,58652,58654],"class_list":["post-125273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-airport","tag-allegheny-airport","tag-arnold-palmer-airport","tag-pit","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-airport","tag-pittsburgh-airports","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-international-airport","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-spirit-airlines","tag-spirit-airlines-bankruptcy","tag-spirit-airport","tag-spirit-pittsburgh","tag-spirit-pittsburgh-airport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}