Spirit airlines announced it will be deferring Airbus deliveries and furloughing 260 pilots to improve the company's liquidity over the next two years
All Airbus planes scheduled for delivery from the second quarter of 2025 to the end of 2026 will instead be delivered between 2030 and 2031.
Spirit won’t start furloughing its pilots until Sept. 1. There have not been any cabin crew furloughs, though Spirit will be closing its Atlantic City, New Jersey, crew base and reassigning its staff, CNBCSpirit’s pilots union, the Air Line Pilots Association, voiced its concern to the outlet following Spirit’s announcement.
“Coupled with the retirement of our A319 fleet and the ongoing Pratt & Whitney GTF engine issue, the airline finds itself with more pilots than its operations require,” Ryan Muller, chairman of the Spirit ALPA chapter, told CNBC. “The ramifications of the Company’s announced decision are deeply troubling for our entire pilot group.”
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