(Reuters) – Spirit Airlines (NYSE:) Inc will cut back on flights in the coming months in a bid to avoid any weather-related disruptions as airlines struggle to meet a spike in demand, the Wall Street Journal reported https://www.wsj.com/articles/spirit-cuts-some-spring-summer-flights-to-head-off-disruptions-11650384012 on Tuesday.
Spirit will now be able to travel with JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ 🙂 Alaska Air (NYSE:) Group has announced reductions to its summer schedule in an effort to avoid flight disruptions.
The U.S. has seen its strongest air travel demand for three years, as more people fly to America due to an end of the COVID-19 epidemic. Official data shows that passenger traffic is at 89% on average since February, when the pandemic was over.
Spirit however, which received buyouts from JetBlue, Frontier Group Holdings and others, was plagued by weather-related problems and had to cancel nearly a third (April 4) of its flights.
The Journal reported that the airline, which is low-cast, plans to cut its flying in June by between 5% and 6%. This follows smaller changes made in April or May. Spirit will be carrying its June schedule until August 9, according to the Journal report.
The carrier didn’t immediately reply to Reuters’s request for comment.