Daniel comes to Simple Flying with a business focused approach to the aviation world. Daniel enjoys analyzing strategy and how companies move against each other to gain a step ahead in the skies.

Carriers like Spirit and Frontier have lost customers to bigger competitors and seen their costs balloon. Some are in financial distress. By Niraj Chokshi Discount airlines reshaped the U.S. aviation ...

Spirit Airlines is planning a drastic fleet downsizing as it restructures under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company’s chief financial officer told creditors on October 10, 2025, the budget carrier will ...

MARYLAND — Fall is here and with it comes soup weather. If you aren't in the mood to whip up a batching of tummy-warming soup yourself, be sure and stop by a restaurant offering Michelin-recommended ...

Spirit Airlines, as part of its campaign to shrink to profitability, has asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court for permission to terminate the leases of 87 Airbus jetliners.

The move means that American Airlines remains the last holdout on full alcohol service (American serves alcohol in first class but doesn’t sell it in economy). Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, ...

A September 30 hearing before the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee was like two hearings in one. There was a collegial discussion of airline competition issues, which was apparently the hearing desired ...

Spirit Aviation Holdings, parent entity of Spirit Airlines, has petitioned the US Bankruptcy Court for an authorisation to reject 87 aircraft leases, including nineteen A320-200s, sixty-five ...

Spirit Airlines plans to shrink its fleet by nearly 100 aircraft, nearly half of its fleet, as part of a sweeping bankruptcy restructuring process, CFO Fred Cromer said on Friday during a virtual ...

Global lessors may soon have to find new homes for a huge number of Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF)-powered Airbus A320neo-family aircraft after Spirit Airlines applied this week to reject 87 ...

Spirit Airlines plans to shrink its fleet by nearly 100 aircraft and exit different U.S. markets as part of a sweeping restructuring under Chapter 11, CFO Scott Cramer said on Friday during a virtual ...

Travel can already be stressful as flights are delayed, and missed connections add to the stress. Many airlines still have bag sizers by the gate, but why? If you can get past the ticket people, ... R ...