Stockholders in financially troubled Spirit Airlines, the South Florida-based discount carrier, would see their shares ...

Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York after failing to secure a US$3.8 billion ($5.87 billion) merger ...

The Journal reported that Spirit is looking to bankruptcy after talks with Frontier about reviving a merger broke down.

Spirit Airlines has taken a massive step closer to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing as potential merger talks with Frontier ...

While Spirit has been in the midst of negotiating with bondholders over possible ... made a competing offer that won over shareholders before the merger was blocked by a federal district court ...

The budget carrier is in advanced discussions with bondholders over a filing that could occur within weeks.