Will Sun Country acquire Spirit Airlines?

[flyingpotato]

They're in good financial health, with comparable margins to Delta, and were never philosophically opposed to Spirit's acquisition by JBU and Frontier.

It's also wise to kill the baby now while it's weak before it grows into a credible competitor.

At this point, after two failed mergers, the Spirit board has reduced leverage to extract concessions from multiple bidders.

Sun Country catapults itself ahead of the pack, in front of Allegiant and Frontier, and becomes an unstoppable Goliath of the LCC/ULCCs.

Merger friendly administration coming in.

 

[azmedic]

No. Adding another fleet type will incur costs. SYALPA does not want any bases outside of MSP,although there is new MEC leadership so maybe that will change


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[ASpilot2be]

There's a lot of variables.

Indigo(who already owns Frontier) has already owned Spirit, so they might be able to get them back at a great deal. Or Frontier gets them at a better deal than already asked. They also don't have to worry about another fleet type.

But I don't really see Sun Country going for it. They have a good thing going, plus they have more 737s coming with Atlas getting rid of theirs.

 

[Roger Roger]

If we’re spreading rumors I’m saying we buy sun country to establish a base that isn’t on the west coast

 

[azmedic]

If we’re spreading rumors I’m saying we buy sun country to establish a base that isn’t on the west coast

Wildcard…Avelo buys Sun Country


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[Crockrocket94]

Wait for it... Ryan Air buys Spirit, establishes RyanAirLite... No seats, just a fenced in area...

 

[Murdoughnut]

Sun Country has been successful because they’ve grown modestly. I don’t see them wanting to acquire a large fleet.

 

[Roger Roger]

Wildcard…Avelo buys Sun Country


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That would actually make sense

 

[ChasenSFO]

After Alaska bought Hawaiian and Virgin America, I'll never again say no chance. But, very slim. I can see Southwest maybe doing it if they want to grab cargo ops, more sims, more traffic rights and a quick 737 boost as Southwest is so affected by Boeings crap.

 

[GroundPilot]

I think Frontier and Spirit will go for it with the change in office. I'm sure the likelihood of that happened is high.

 

[Skåning]

Breeze buys Spirit

 

[killbilly]

Our local rumor mill says B6/AS is going to happen.

Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. I'm so junior it wouldn't matter either way.

 

[Roger Roger]

Our local rumor mill says B6/AS is going to happen.

Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. I'm so junior it wouldn't matter either way.

Oh god no more.

Not that I wouldn’t be ecstatic to call you a coworker

 

[killbilly]

Oh god no more.

Not that I wouldn’t be ecstatic to call you a coworker

You might call me a lot of other names depending on how the SLI happened.

Who the hell knows. You're as junior as I am.

 

[Skåning]

Our local rumor mill says B6/AS is going to happen.

Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. I'm so junior it wouldn't matter either way.

Sure, let’s go, the more the merrier

 

[flyingpotato]

I think Frontier and Spirit will go for it with the change in office. I'm sure the likelihood of that happened is high.

The revived attempt fell apart Spirit Airlines Moves Toward Bankruptcy Filing After Frontier Drops Merger Bid

 

[Chris_Ford]

Our local rumor mill says B6/AS is going to happen.

Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. I'm so junior it wouldn't matter either way.

It might happen one day but I don't expect it to happen in the next few years, let alone pass DOJ muster. Let alone have AS interested in merging a third carrier into the mix in such a short time.