{"id":257125,"date":"2025-09-26T22:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257125\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:12:16","slug":"spirit-airlines-halts-40-routes-hires-ex-amazon-network-planning-exec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/257125\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Airlines halts 40 routes, hires ex-Amazon network planning exec"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024.<\/p>\n

Brandon Bell | Getty Images<\/p>\n

Spirit Airlines told staff Friday that it’s suspending about 40 routes, finalizing a 25% cut<\/a> to its November schedule as it scrambles to slash costs in bankruptcy<\/a> and focus on profitable flights.<\/p>\n

“While the news has been tough, we believe the clarity will help us move forward as a team,” Rana Ghosh, Spirit’s chief commercial officer, said in a note to employees, which was seen by CNBC.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week Spirit said it plans to furlough<\/a> about 1,800 flight attendants, around a third of its cabin crew members.<\/p>\n

Read more CNBC airline news<\/p>\n

Spirit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month for the second time in less than a year as it struggled<\/a> with higher-than-expected costs and weaker travel demand than it projected.<\/p>\n

Spirit didn’t immediately comment on the routes it is cutting, but Ghosh said in his note that Spirit will be halting service in Hartford, Connecticut, and Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

He also said Spirit has hired Andrea Lusso, who previously was the principal for supply chain and network design at Amazon Air<\/a>, the online retailer’s air shipment arm. Lusso will serve as vice president of network planning. His predecessor, John Kirby, retired last month after more than 40 years in the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":257126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[166,10314,3453,9167,64,81,2252,522,1164,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-257125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-aerospace-and-defense-industry","9":"tag-airlines","10":"tag-amazon-com-inc","11":"tag-breaking-news-business","12":"tag-business","13":"tag-business-news","14":"tag-life","15":"tag-transportation","16":"tag-travel","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115272899233625102","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}