Travelers considering booking flights on Spirit should be aware that changes are coming to the airlines schedule next year.
All tickets, credits, and loyalty points are unaffected, he added.
Travelers can learn more on a special bankruptcy website the airline created,Spirit Go Forward.
Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-132 takes off from Los Angeles international Airport.Credit: Aaron P./Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Spirits plan includes slashing debt by nearly $800 million and shrinking the airline.
This includes an already agreed to sale of airplanes that amount to about 10% of its 200-plane-strong fleet.
Spirits path to bankruptcy had many twists and turns.
The immediate cause is a billion-dollar-plus debt bill due in 2025 that it was under pressure to address.
But the filing would have been avoided if its merger with JetBlue Airways had gone ahead as planned.
That dealcollapsedthis past March after it wasblockedby a federal judge.
Travelers with tickets on Spirit are unaffected.
As Christie said, the airline continues to operate its schedule as planned.
Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed more than 90 Spirit flights in the air this morning after the bankruptcy announcement.
Contemporary airline bankruptcies rarely involve a full shutdown and liquidation.
Spirit, however, is widely expected to shrink as part of its restructuring.
Travelers considering booking flights on Spirit should be aware that changes are coming to the airlines schedule next year.
Other airlines that are operating successfully today have undertaken a similar process.
