Delta and United Airlines have become the most profitable U.S. airlines by targeting premium customers while also winning a significant share of budget travelers.

The largest budget airline in the U.S., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue.

Spirit Airlines says it won’t announce its quarterly financial results on time because the company is focused on talks with bond holders to restructure its debt.

Spirit Airlines is cutting jobs and selling off some jets worth millions of dollars as the budget carrier aims to cut costs amid looming financial struggles and an uncertain future.

Spirit Airlines is about to roll out tickets that include perks like free snacks and no fee for checking a bag.

U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company’s role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the world.

Have you ever been about to get on a flight and wonder, “How old is the plane I’m flying on?”

JetBlue and Spirit Airlines have to wait until June for a chance to save their $3.8 billion merger.

JetBlue and Spirit Airlines are appealing a judge's ruling that is blocking their planned merger.

Asian shares are trading mixed as pessimism spreads among investors about any imminent interest rate cut in the U.S. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei finished little changed Thursday, inching down less than 0.1%.

What's next for Spirit Airlines, now that it won't be merging with JetBlue.

Asian shares are trading mostly lower after a decline overnight on Wall Street.

The prospect of a JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger has taken a major hit in court.

JetBlue says it needs to buy Spirit Airlines to compete with bigger airlines in a post-Covid travel world.

The Biden administration and JetBlue Airways are facing off in court over the Biden administration's effort to stop JetBlue from buying Spirit Airlines.

Southwest Airlines earned $193 million in the third quarter, 30% less than its profit a year ago.

Spirit Airlines is canceling about 100 flights because it's pulling some planes out of service for inspections.

Lawyers suing JetBlue say in court filings that the airline could raise fares on some routes by up to 40% if it succeeds in buying Spirit Airlines.

U.S. consumer confidence shot to the highest level in two years this month as inflationary pressures eased and the American economy continued to show resilience in the face of dramatically higher interest rates.

JetBlue is picking Spirt Airlines over American.

JetBlue is trying to improve its chances of buying Spirit Airlines over government objections.

The government and two major airlines are giving starkly contrasting views about the impact of an alliance between the airlines.

Spirit Airlines shareholders are approving a $3.8 billion sale of the company to JetBlue Airways.

Planning a trip to Mexico soon? Spirit Airlines makes it easy to get there.

Spirit Airlines is searching to fill about 200 flight attendant positions in Houston, with work beginning this fall.

JetBlue Airways is buying Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion in a deal that could increase competition at the top end of the U.S. airline industry while eliminating the largest discount airline for travelers on a tight budget.

Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines are abandoning their merger proposal, which opens the way for JetBlue Airways to strike a deal for Spirit.

Passengers on a Spirit Airlines had a frightening landing in Atlanta on Sunday morning when their plane caught fire on the tarmac after one of its brakes overheated, a spokesperson for the airline confirmed.

Shares of Spirit Airlines are rising after the budget airline postponed a vote on a merger with Frontier for the second time.

Shareholders of Spirit Airlines will vote next month on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines.

Shares of Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines have tumbled just days ahead of a crucial shareholder vote on their proposed merger.

The bidding war over Spirit Airlines is heating up again.

JetBlue is boosting its offer to buy Spirit Airlines, raising the stakes again in the bidding war over the nation’s biggest budget airline.

Spirit Airlines, the target of a budget airline bidding war, is postponing a Friday vote on whether to accept one of those buyout offers after a flurry of counter proposals from JetBlue and Frontier Airlines.

The bidding war over Spirit Airlines is ramping up again with JetBlue boosting its offer for the discount carrier just days after rival Frontier upped its own bid for Spirit.

Spirit Airlines’ board still supports Frontier Airlines’ $2.9 billion takeover bid for the airline, saying it determined JetBlue’s competing $3.6 billion offer isn’t a superior proposal.

The fight for Spirit Airlines is heating up again.

Investors seem to be taking a slightly dim view of JetBlue's bid to buy Spirit Airlines for $3.6 billion.

JetBlue Airways is trying to buy Spirit Airlines and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with fellow budget airline Frontier.

Air travelers in the U.S. are getting a break after a bad weekend that left thousands of flyers stranded.

Several congressional Democrats are raising doubts about the proposed merger of Frontier and Spirit airlines.

Spirit Airlines is putting numbers on a damaging stretch of flight cancellations this summer.

It's another difficult travel day for passengers booked on Spirit Airlines.

It's summertime and airports are packed with vacationers again.

Spirit Airlines will become the first carrier to announce flights from the newly-established Palmerola International Airport (XPL) in Honduras, the airline announced Wednesday.

Airlines are adding more flights as the number of travelers continues to rise.

After more than a year of being cooped up and quarantined, travel is making a comeback. But if you have checked airfare prices lately, you probably noticed prices are higher than they were pre-pandemic. If you are just itching to get in the air, try these three tricks to save some money.

Travelers looking to get a direct flight to El Salvador will be able to do so out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport soon.

Separately, key members of Congress said they are investigating aviation contractors that took federal payroll aid and then laid off thousands of workers. Airlines and airline contractors who received cash from a $32 billion pool of federal payroll aid agreed not to lay off workers until Oct. 1. Airline labor unions are lobbying Congress for six more months of federal aid. Some contractors who received money laid off workers anyway, according to three Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. At Spirit, the pilots union said it was notified Wednesday that 806 pilots could be furloughed, or terminated with rehiring rights.