Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
NK NKS SPIRIT WINGS
Founded1983; 41 years ago (1983)
(as Charter One Airlines)
Commenced operations
  • 1990; 34 years ago (1990)
    (as Charter One Airlines)
  • May 29, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-05-29)
    (as Spirit Airlines)
AOC #GTIA770S[1]
Operating bases
Frequent-flyer programFree Spirit[3]
Fleet size214[citation needed]
Destinations91[4]
Traded as
HeadquartersDania Beach, Florida, U.S.
Key peopleTed Christie (President & CEO)
RevenueIncrease US$5.07 billion (2022)[5]
Operating incomeDecrease US$−599 million (2022)[5]
Net incomeDecrease US$−554 million (2022)[5]
Total assetsIncrease US$9.18 billion (2022)[5]
Total equityDecrease US$1.57 billion (2022)[5]
Employees11,000 (2023)[5]
Websitewww.spirit.com

Spirit Airlines, Inc., stylized as spirit, is a major American ultra-low cost airline headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit operates scheduled flights throughout the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Spirit was the seventh largest passenger carrier in North America as of 2023, as well as the largest ultra-low-cost carrier in North America.

  1. ^ "Federal Aviation Administration – Airline Certificate Information – Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Spirit Airlines to Open New Crew Base for Pilots at Newark Liberty International Airport".
  3. ^ "Join – Free Spirit". www.spirit.com. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "Spirit Airlines on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Spirit Airlines, Inc., 2022 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 6, 2023.