Frontier Airlines buying Spirit in $3B low-cost carrier deal

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
AP Business Writer

Posted 2/7/22

Frontier is buying Spirit Airlines in a $2.9 billion cash-and-stock deal that will create the nation's fifth largest carrier.

The tie-up is valued at $6.6 billion when accounting for the …

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