In a direct response to Spirit Airlines’ recent announcement on its second Chapter 11 filing in less than a year, United Airlines is planning to expand its winter flights to 15 sunny destinations, including Fort Lauderdale and Orlando in Florida, as well as Las Vegas.
With this schedule expansion, United will offer 45 flights per day to Orlando, 30 to Fort Lauderdale, and 43 to Las Vegas, the airline reported in a Sept. 4 company statement.
On Aug. 29, Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Spirit Airlines LLC, announced a comprehensive restructuring of the Florida-based air carrier. The company filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York….