Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy protection after mounting losses

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy protection after mounting losses

Passengers check in at the Spirit Airlines counter at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on February 07, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Spirit Airlines, an icon of budget air travel that reshaped the industry, has filed for bankruptcy protection after years of mounting losses, a failed merger, increased competition and … Read more

Spirit Airlines extends debt refinancing deadline hours before expiration

Spirit Airlines extends debt refinancing deadline hours before expiration

A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines on Friday said it reached an agreement with its credit card processor to again extended a debt refinancing timeline to December, hours before it was set … Read more

Spirit Airlines tumbles on report it’s exploring bankruptcy filing

Spirit Airlines tumbles on report it’s exploring bankruptcy filing

A Spirit commercial airliner prepares to land at San Diego International Airport in San Diego, California, U.S., January 18, 2024.  Mike Blake | Reuters Spirit Airlines shares tumbled to a record low on Friday after a report that it’s exploring Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The carrier faces a deadline this month to renegotiate more than … Read more

How the once-promising EV maker went bottom-up

How the once-promising EV maker went bottom-up

Henrik Fisker stands with the Fisker Ocean electric vehicle after its unveiling at the Manhattan Beach Pier ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobilityLA in Manhattan Beach, California. on Nov. 16, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Fisker on Monday became the latest all-electric vehicle startup to file for Chapter … Read more

Adam Neumann is trying to buy bankrupt WeWork: Dealbook

Adam Neumann is trying to buy bankrupt WeWork: Dealbook

Billionaire Adam Neumann is trying to buy back bankrupt real-estate company WeWork, which he founded in 2010 and was ousted from in 2019, DealBook reported Tuesday. Neumann, his startup Flow and Dan Loeb’s Third Point fund have “consistently expressed” a “sincere interest” since December 2023 to buy WeWork and its leases out of bankruptcy or … Read more

FTX resolves dispute with Bahamian liquidators

FTX resolves dispute with Bahamian liquidators

This illustration photo shows a smart phone screen displaying the logo of FTX, the crypto exchange platform, with a screen showing the FTX website in the background in Arlington, Virginia on February 10, 2022. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX Trading on Tuesday announced a settlement with liquidators for FTX’s … Read more