As of May 2nd, Spirit Airlines has ceased all operations. Frontier Airlines is offering discounted rates for affected customers.
Frontier's first attempt to merge with Spirit was in 2022, but it was outbid by JetBlue.
Frontier is optimistic that it can get a deal done this time around.
The last bankruptcy by a major U.S. carrier was when American Airlines simultaneously merged with US Airways in December 2013.
The Justice Department could still challenge the Alaska-Hawaiian deal, but that appears unlikely.
Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update.
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The deal is valued at $6.6 billion when accounting for the assumption of debt and operating lease liabilities.