Spirit Airlines announcing changes that may very well affect you
if you plan to fly fly the discount carrier out
of New Jersey.
Yeah. News 12 New Jersey's Sonny Caputo is at Newark
Liberty International Airport this morning.
Tony Spirit officials say they plan to shut down its
operations in Atlantic City.
So what does this mean for passengers there and in
Newark?
What this means for New Jerseyans is you will have
less options come September if you're a regular spirit passenger.
If you like to use the discount airline,
maybe sometimes use it out of Atlantic City,
sometimes out of Newark. You're only going to have the
Newark option come September when they shut down operations out
of Atlantic City.
That will make things a little more difficult for folks
and not give you the choices that we've had in
the past,
Spirit Airlines Association of Flight Attendants saying as part of
fleet size and capacity planning.
Management announced the difficult and painful decision to close our
Atlantic City base and plan for pilot furloughs effective September
1st,
2024. We're talking about 260 or so pilots that will
be laid off by Spirit.
The company also says it's deferring deliveries of new Airbus
planes.
Spirit CEO adding these aren't steps they want to take
but believe are necessary to ensure a strong and profitable
future.
The budget airline believes by deferring on the plane deliveries
from 2025 until 2030,
it will boost its liquidity by about $340 million over
the next two years.
Again, we're talking about 260 pilots to be laid off
come September as well.
The airline already had leaves of absence in place for
flight attendants and there is no plan for cabin crew
furloughs according to that union,
the Association of Flight Attendants.
Now again, all indications are Spirit will continue to fly
here out of Newark,
but.
Your options My options New Jerseyans options will certainly be
reduced by this decision.
That's the latest from Newark Liberty International Tony Caputo News
12,
New Jersey.