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North America

Eleven Sent: Spirit Files for Bankruptcy

North America

Eleven Sent: Spirit Files for Bankruptcy

November 2024
43 min read
Gordon Smith and Jay Shabat

Issue Overview

It’s the question everyone’s been asking for more than a year now: Will Spirit Airlines, a profit superstar before the pandemic, file for bankruptcy? Now we have the answer: Yes. But it’s a unique flavor of bankruptcy, focused specifically on restructuring obligations to bondholders.