Breeze Airways begins operations at Atlantic City Airport, days after Spirit fails
The low-cost Breeze Airways will begin service on Wednesday from Atlantic City Airport to Charleston, South Carolina.
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The low-cost Breeze Airways will begin service on Wednesday from Atlantic City Airport to Charleston, South Carolina.
The sudden shutdown of Spirit Airlines is having an outsized impact on Atlantic City International Airport, where the budget carrier accounted for about 75% of all flights.
The airport director for Atlantic City International Airport said up to 2,400 passengers a day depended on Spirit at the airport.
Some Spirit Airlines customers with flight tickets could be out of luck after the discount carrier ceased operations.
The budget carrier Spirit Airlines is ceasing operations after failing to land a $500 million bailout from the Trump administration.
After the sudden shutdown of Spirit Airlines, a major carrier at Atlantic City International Airport, many are left concered about the region's tourism economy.
There is plenty of confusion among Spirit Airlines travelers with bookings after the company shut down early on Saturday morning. Traveler Yash Kothari arrived at Philadelphia International Airport for an early morning flight only to find out he had missed the 1 a.m. announcement from Spirit that the airline was shutting down after 34 years in business. Ray Strickland reports.
Spirit Airlines has been facing financial turbulence, and now it may be grounding its planes for good, causing chaos for many travelers in the Philadelphia area.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
Many travelers in the Philadelphia region are bracing for the worst as Spirit Airlines could be grounding its planes for good. Ryan Hughes reports.
Atlantic City Airport officials say Spirit will no longer fly from A.C. to Myrtle Beach after May 3, 2026. The seasonal route just resumed last week.
Spirit Airlines is feeling the pressure of high fuel prices. The budget airline filed for bankruptcy.
The budget carrier Spirit Airlines is trying to recover from the pandemic drop in travel and failed mergers.
U.S. airlines are barred from flying to Haiti for a month after 3 American carriers' planes are hit by gunfire amid relentless gang violence in the Caribbean nation.
A Spirit Airlines flight from Florida was damaged by gunfire en route to Haiti and diverted to the neighboring country of the Dominican Republic, the airline said.
Spirit Airlines will close its crew base at the Atlantic City International Airport effective on Sept. 1, a Spirit spokesperson told CBS News Philadelphia. The discount carrier also plans to furlough 260 pilots effective the same day.
More than 150 pilots and flight attendants based at Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) will be reassigned. Spirit says it will continue to fly in and out of Atlantic City.
The Justice department halted the proposed JetBlue-Spirit merger last year after concerns it would reduce options for travelers. READ MORE
Federal judge rules that JetBlue's $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit would limit options for travelers by reducing the number of discount carriers.
A child traveling from Philadelphia to Fort Myers, Florida was "incorrectly boarded" onto a plane to Orlando, a Spirit Airlines spokesman said Sunday. The airline didn't provide additional details about the child or how the mistake was made, but a Spirit spokesperson said an internal investigation is underway. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/spirit-airlines-unaccompanied-child-wrong-flight-fort-myers-orlando-florida-maria-ramos/
The unaccompanied child, who was supposed to be on a flight from Philadelphia to Fort Myers, was instead flown to Orlando.
A Spirit Airlines flight was supposed to head to Cancun, but instead, the plane had to turn around and make an emergency landing.
The plane was headed to Cancun.
