Frontier and Spirit Airlines will once again try to merge, only months after the Biden administration won a key antitrust court battle to block

Frontier Airlines is attempting for a second time to merge with the now bankrupt Spirit Airlines, which declared bankruptcy late last year as budget airlines struggle.

Frontier is making an offer to acquire the beleaguered Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in November.

Spirit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2024, six months after a proposed merger with JetBlue collapsed.

After walking away from a deal twice last year, Frontier is now making an offer involving fresh debt and stock.

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE WORRIED THAT TWO AIRLINES, SPIRIT AND FRONTIER, MAY BE USING CUSTOMER DATA TO CHARGE SOME PEOPLE MORE FOR THE SAME SEATS ON THE SAME FLIGHTS. THE BIPARTISAN GROUP INCLUDES SENATOR MAGGIE HASSAN,

No-frills, budget airlines often lead the industry in customer complaints, according to government data, so if one were to disappear would it be missed by travelers?

Frontier Airlines is making another offer to merge with bankrupt Spirit Airlines, less than two years after a previous plan fell through.

Rather than accept Frontier’s offer, Spirit said it will stick to its current plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

In a presentation to Spirit dated Jan, 28, Frontier said a merger would create the nation's fifth-largest airline and "the first formidable low-cost challenger to the Big Four," referring to competitors American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

Budget carrier Frontier Airlines announced on Wednesday that it has made another bid for fellow discount carrier Spirit Airlines, which is in bankruptcy, for an undisclosed sum.