Frontier, Spirit Airlines revive merger talks, WSJ reports

The two budget carriers have had recent discussions about a possible merger though the talks are at an early stage and a deal may not come to fruition, the WSJ report said. If a deal between Spirit and Frontier is reached, it would likely happen as part of Spirit restructuring its debt and other liabilities in bankruptcy, the report added. Spirit Airlines came close to a merger deal with Frontier Group Holdings in 2022, the parent company of Frontier Airlines, which was terminated after JetBlue won the bidding war for Spirit.