The joint venture will be officially dissolved on January 1 when the revocation of the antitrust immunity officially takes effect. Davis says Spirit plans to only focus on its most profitable markets, which, sure, but the feeling of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic is really starting to seep out. Spirit lost more than $250 million in the brief period between March 13 when it exited Chapter 11 and the end of June. Both routes will operated by the jewel aircraft in Delta’s fleet, its spry B767-300ERs, with Olbia (Sardinia) operating 4x weekly, and Malta 3x weekly. The JFK-MLA flight will mark the first nonstop service on the route since the mid 90s when Cranky Weekly Review favorite Balkan Bulgarian Airlines operated one-stop SOF-MLA-JFK service.