Following Spirit Airlines' shutdown over the weekend, more than 2,000 pilots and thousands of other former personnel are left with "more questions than answers," according to Ryan Muller, chairman of ...

The airline has accelerated reviews of Spirit pilot applications, as it faces scrutiny for a pilot staffing crunch. Delta pilots walk down Concourse B at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International ...

When Spirit Airlines shut down before dawn on May 2, work for pilot Steve Giordano was just beginning. Giordano, managing partner of the Nomadic Aviation Group, told CNBC he organized a massive ...

The airline's demise has left thousands of employees scrambling for work in an industry where getting rehired can take months ...

Spirit Airlines was the first casualty of the ongoing fuel crisis, and the airline’s demise set in motion a series of events, some of which were not so bad. Partly due to the uncanny timing, this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some former Spirit pilots are temporarily back to work ferrying the now-defunct carrier's aircraft back to lessors. In an ...

Spirit Airlines pilot Jon Jackson’s final flight before retirement was canceled after the airline ceased operations on May 2 Southwest Airlines surprised Jackson with a retirement celebration, ...

When Spirit Airlines stopped flying last weekend, it left more than 90 planes scattered across the country. Many will go back to the companies that own them, while Spirit tries to monetize the rest.

A Spirit Airlines captain whose retirement flight was scrapped by the carrier’s sudden shutdown got an unexpected sendoff as a Southwest crew stepped in to honor his decades in the cockpit. Capt. Jon ...

Airlines for America CEO and former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Wednesday said the closure of Spirit Airlines was a lesson to allow business mergers when “somebody is putting up a red flag.” ...

A retiring Spirit Airlines pilot celebrated a bittersweet moment that marked the end of his career after his final flight was canceled when the airline shut down. Captain Jon Jackson was scheduled to ...