ConnectivitySpirit Airlines CIO Eyes Use of In-Flight Connectivity to Transmit Flight Operational Data LAS VEGAS — Two months after switching its new in-flight internet service on for the first time, Spirit Airlines Chief Information Officer (CIO) Rocky Wiggins provided more insight into how the low-cost…
CommercialJetBlue Expects to Close Acquisition of Spirit Airlines by 2024 JetBlue Airways on Thursday announced a definitive merger agreement to acquire the Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion, an acquisition still subject to regulatory approval that the New York-based carrier expects to officially…
ConnectivitySpirit Airlines Rolls Out New FlytLIVE In-Flight Connectivity Service Spirit Airlines has begun providing in-flight internet services to its passengers across most of its Airbus A320 and A321-operated flights, according to a July 13 announcement. The rollout of in-flight connectivity (IFC)…
CommercialFrontier and Spirit Airlines Reach Merger Agreement to Become Fifth Largest US Airline Frontier and Spirit Airlines have reached a definitive merger agreement under which the two companies will combine—if approved by regulators—to establish the fifth largest airline in the U.S. The two low-cost carriers…
ConnectivityThales to Connect Spirit with Ka-band Satellite System Guests on Spirit Airlines will soon be able to watch, stream, surf and text from 30,000 feet, as the carrier has signed an agreement to install Wi-Fi on all of its planes by mid-2019.…