After pledging to build a major operations base at Bradley International Airport in 2022, a senior executive at Breeze Airways said the low-cost airline now has hired more than 250 employees and is ...

As someone who goes for the cheapest fare when flying, I've become pretty familiar with the low-cost options in the US.

With the low-cost airline market facing significant changes from the time the model rose to prominence in the early 2000s, many budget carriers are struggling to stay profitable amid high operating ...

The jet fuel crisis was the straw that broke Spirit Airlines’ back, but other budget airlines are also struggling to be profitable and losing market share—a potential warning for cost-conscious ...

This story was updated on May 2, 2026. Spirit Airlines, which had been in business for over 30 years, is officially shuttering its operations after bailout talks with the Trump administration broke ...

Spirit, once one of the most profitable airlines, never recovered from the pandemic and the shift to premium travel. Rival low-cost airlines are trying to take advantage — but they have their own ...

Spirit earned, and even cultivated, its reputation for polarizing customer service in the years following its 2007 transformation into the first U.S. ultralow-cost carrier. Photo Credit: Markus Mainka ...