Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy for 2nd time in less than a year

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A Spirit Airlines plane taxis at New Hampshire’s Manchester Boston Regional Airport on June 2, 2023. The budget carrier said Friday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection again, months after emerging from a Chapter 11 reorganization. (Charles Krupa | AP)Budget carrier Spirit Airlines said Friday that it has filed for fresh bankruptcy protection months after emerging from a Chapter 11 reorganization. By the time of its first Chapter 11 filing in November, Spirit had lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020. Friday’s news comes as budget carriers like Spirit are under pressure by bigger airlines, which have rolled out their own low-cost offerings.