Airlines   Spirit Airlines   M&A  
Wall Street Journal • Alison Sider

Spirit Airlines Moves Toward Bankruptcy Filing After Frontier Drops Merger Bid

Wall Street Journal reports: The budget carrier is in advanced discussions with bondholders over a filing that could occur within weeks.

Also: Airways Magazine, Skift, Reuters, Aviation A2Z, Simple Flying, View from the Wing, Airline Geeks and 3 more
2024-11-12T14:30:12.475571-08:00

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Last Updated: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, 10:03 PM PST

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Airbus   Boeing   Spirit AeroSystems   737 MAX   M&A   737  
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Bloomberg • Siddharth Vikram Philip

Boeing Throws Spirit $350 Million Lifeline to Support Production

By Bloomberg: Boeing Co. and Airbus SE will provide more than $450 million in financial assistance to help keep key supplier Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. afloat ahead of their planned purchase of the company’s assets next year.

Aviation Week

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS

Also: FlightGlobal, Wall Street Journal, Simple Flying, The Business Journals, Seeking Alpha, Quartz and 4 more
2024-11-12T07:17:43.081654-08:00
Airlines   Boeing   747   Lufthansa   Accident  
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Reuters • Rachel More

11 injured by turbulence during Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt

By Reuters: Eleven people were injured when a Lufthansa flight from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt hit severe turbulence while travelling over the Atlantic, the airline said on Tuesday.

Also: Aviation24, Financial Express, Sky News, Times of India and 7 more
2024-11-12T06:13:45.570879-08:00
Airlines   Southwest   Honeywell   M&A  
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Reuters • Utkarsh Shetti

Elliott calls for Honeywell break up, takes $5 bln-plus stake

By Reuters: Activist investor Elliott Investment Management said Honeywell should split into two separate businesses on Tuesday, following in the footsteps of other industrial conglomerates that have broken up in recent years.

Also: Financial Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Aviation Week
2024-11-12T07:26:22.740278-08:00
Airlines   Boeing   AI   737 MAX   737   Orders  
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FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

Avia Solutions orders 40 Boeing 737 Max 8s

By FlightGlobal: Aircraft lessor and airline operator Avia Solutions Group has ordered 40 Boeing 737 Max 8s, marking the company's first direct purchase from the US manufacturer.

Also: Aviation Week, AirInsight, FlightGlobal, Airways Magazine, ch-aviation, AeroTime, Reuters, Bloomberg, Aviator.aero, LARA, Scramble, Simple Flying and 19 more
2024-11-12T00:19:08.451226-08:00